Crime Detective Comics Volume 3 (1952) comic books 1953

Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. An aging actress has a dangerous amount of knowledge about a movie star's criminal past, and worse yet, she likes to tell stories. The hypnotist Abba Cadabbra wonders where his audience is, then realizes they've been hypnotized by his poster outside the theater. Federal agents plan a raid using miniatures and wall boards, not unlike diagramming a football play. Clark's Last Caper; Standing Room Only; The Young Businessman; Uncle Sam's Team; The Iron Countess; The Cold Soft Touch; Loaded Acres; Accountant in the Tree. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A deep-cover enemy agent is assigned to destroy the defense lab where his son has just been employed. Mobsters plan a murder down to the last detail, but a random tire blowout proves their undoing. Truckers figure out how to outwit a gang of hijackers. The Jersey Job; 500 Carat Nothing; The Passing of Joseph Camp; The Old Badge; The Rolling Handcuffs; The Sparrow Makes Good; Thread to a Trigger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Roy and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A mobster exiled by his old gang starts with nothing and works his way back to the top of the mob, one murder at a time. A man waits patiently thirty years in prison to get to the loot he buried, but fate pays a cruel trick in the end. The true story of the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. The Commodore's Thumb; The Little Black Score; Payday for Worms; The Candle Man; The Two Horsemen; Hand Painted Frankie. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.