Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) comic books 1944-1946
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Issue #0
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Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Mart Bailey, Frank Engli, and Jack Ryan. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #0 or A1 Comics #1 (there is no issue number, but it appears to be the first issue published). Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. Kerry seeks escaped convict Fingers, who has taken an unfortunate young farm couple hostage and torments them to get what he wants. Streamer Kelly battles a (female) villain called The Joker. Johnny Devildog is a gung-ho United States Marine during World War II. Kerry Drake; Johnny Devildog; Rocky the Stone-Age Kid; Streamer Kelly; Facts on Firemen Tools. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
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Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Charles Quinlan. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Dec. 23, 1943 - March 6, 1944. As the town is terrorized by a figure with no face, Kerry wonders if it is actor Victor Apollo, disfigured in a car wreck and seeking revenge on his unfaithful wife. US forces are assigned to take out a bridge in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II. Plus Dotty Dripple. Fun cover by an unknown artist features a costume party terrorized by the Faceless Horror. Kerry Drake Trails the Faceless Horror; Burma Bridge Busters; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
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Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from March 8 - June 11, 1944. Kerry takes on bootlegger Frisco Cicero and her vicious girl-gang, but lovely Satin isn't sure she wants any part of it. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
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Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from June 23 - Oct. 8, 1944. Beret-wearing bibliophile Dr. Zero has a collection of deadly poisons, and that's bad news for the boxer called the Squirrel. Also featuring an early defense of crime comics as a "deterrent" to crime, as Mrs. Jones complains to Kerry about the violence in comics, a hot topic of discussion at the time. Crime and the Critics; Kerry Drake. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
$450.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #4170294021
Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from August - December, 1944. While tracking the escaped killer Dr. Zero to Mother Whistler's safehouse for criminals, Kerry faces the bizarre, Dick Tracy-like villains Stitches and Bottleneck. Kerry rescues Sandy from a bondage trap with a crossbow, as portrayed on the cover. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
