All True Detective Cases (1954) comic books 1959 or before
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Issue #NN
Published Apr 1954 by Avon Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
First issue in the series. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (pencils by Marcus, inks by Rocke Mastroserio), "Frankie Yale," Jack 'Legs' Diamond in "The Devil's Disciple," Lucky Dale in "The River Pirates." Overstreet lists this as having Wally Wood art, though none of the art looks like it. If he did indeed work on this issue, it's most likely on the last story or on the cover. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #2
Published Apr 1954 by Avon Publications.$199.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4369208024
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
First issue in the series. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (pencils by Marcus, inks by Rocke Mastroserio), "Frankie Yale," Jack 'Legs' Diamond in "The Devil's Disciple," Lucky Dale in "The River Pirates." Overstreet lists this as having Wally Wood art, though none of the art looks like it. If he did indeed work on this issue, it's most likely on the last story or on the cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published Jun 1954 by Avon Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Everett Kinstler cover. "Dillinger," "Machine-Gun Kelly," and "Waxie Gordon." Also includes "The Mystery of Suite No. 13," which is a reprint from Famous Gangsters (1951) #2, itself a reprint from Saint (1947 Avon) #7. In Famous Gangsters #2, the name of the detective hero was changed from the Saint to Mike Strong (it remains Mike Strong in this issue as well). Two page text story, "One Fatal Mistake!" Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Aug 1954 by Avon Publications.- Staple rust and migration. Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Reprints from "Gangsters and Gun Molls (1951) #2. "Edna Murray, The Kissing Bandit," "Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow," "The Wild Genna Brothers," and "The Case of the Emerald Robbery" (with art by Jack Kamen). Two page text story, "Habit Traps a Killer." Cover price $0.10.
