Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) comic books 1938-1955
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Issue #11
- Centerfold detached at one staple.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Tuska and L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. After Prohibition, the Brodie gang moves into the Midwest and tries to take over an entire town. The Jon Jon Brothers are so crooked they even rob other crooks during Prohibition. The reader gets the chance to solve the clue left by a writer to reveal his killer, before detective Gregory Gayle gets there first. The Brodie Gang; Crime Run-Down; The Jon Jon Brothers; Cave Of Death; The Martin Brothers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, E. J. Reeves, E. F. Webster and Joe Simon. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Convict Clyde Stevens masterminds a daring prison break. The reader gets the chance to find the clues and solve the mystery when businessman Tom Drake is found shot with a rifle. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. inherits his cousin's mind and deductive reasoning, just not his sharp eyesight. Also featuring a story about super-criminal the Octopus by Captain America creator Joe Simon. Clyde Stevens - Jailbreak Genius; Crime Run-Down; Return of the Octopus; Return Ticket; Young King Cole. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #13
- Cover-to-cover edge tear. Cover oxidation.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox and Ben Thompson. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Ray Hamilton, a member of Bonnie & Clyde's gang, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old. Treasury agent Chick Farrell cracks a counterfeit lottery ring. Detective King Cole is hired to protect the gifts at a fancy high-society wedding at a remote lodge. Madman's Career; T-Men; Murder on Record; Young King Cole: Danger in Diamonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #14
$450.00
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole and Will Hammell. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Police seek the aid of a forensic scientist to catch a serial killer, an unusual tale for 1951. Poisoner Cordelia Botkin uses a deadly box of candy on her romantic rival, and accidentally sets a legal standard for the prosecution of interstate crimes. Detective Larry Broderick tries to prove who killed a gangster, but the main suspect has an airtight alibi. Seek the Strangler; The Poison Parcel; Time Will Tell; A Night of Horror; The Case of the Murdered Gangster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz, Will Hammell and Ben Thompson. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Police track hardened killer Blackie Cuffaris through the wilderness by using a junker car, but he's not going down without a fight. A forensic scientist tries to find out who killed carnival dancer Rita in the middle of her show in front of dozens of witnesses. Detective Larry Broderick suspects an heiress's pearls have been dipped in poison and are slowly killing her. "Blackie" Cuffaris, The Tough Guy!; T-Men; Dead Give-a-Way; Foiled; Carnival Killings; The Case of the Poison Pearl. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #16
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz, Al McWilliams and Will Hammell. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Detective King Cole seeks a chance to protect a diamond show, then investigates after the show is robbed by phony firefighters. Detective "Two-Gun" Spencer tries to put an end to drive-by killings in Prohibition-era Chicago. Detective Larry Broderick seeks a stolen painting worth millions, but the case is more complicated than he thought. Wanton Murder; The Black Smoke Curse!!; Phantom Thief; The Hidden Witness; The Case of the Stolen Rembrandt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Adam Richetti is a bank robber notorious for joining forces with Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s, when both he and Floyd are implicated in the Kansas City Massacre. Cops turn the tables on muggers who stalk the city park after nightfall. Detective Young King Cole is hired when recently pardoned ex-cons are being framed and sent back to prison for mysterious reasons. Maniac of Murder; Seeds of Crime; Kill in the Fog; Young King Cole: The Framer Was Framed! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #18
$169.00
View scan- Centerfold detached.
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- Piece missing from back cover, 1" spine split from bottom.
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L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "A Web of Evil" art by George Peltz; "Shoot to Kill" retitled and reprinted from "Mabel Janek, The Hide-Out Queen!" in Crimes by Women (1948) #9; and "Bloodstained Bullets" retitled and reprinted from "Bennie Dickson and Stella Mae Irwin, Marriage in Crime!!". "Pattern for Murder" illustrated text story and "Beast of Crime" text story. Indicia states "CRIME FIGHTING DETECTIVE". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #19
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by R. Louis Golden and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Cellmates Coke and Giles escape prison and set out on a cross-country crime spree. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. Partners in Death; Finger of Guilt!!; Excuse for Murder; Crime without Motive. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
