Crime Smashers (1950-53 Trojan) comic books 1951
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Issue #2
Published Jan 1951 by Trojan Magazines.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.
Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Jerry Altman, Gene Leslie and Douglas March. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. A big-game hunter's widow wants the help of Sally the Sleuth when she suspects someone is lurking in her mansion filled with taxidermied animals. Gail Ford, Girl Friday goes undercover as a diner waitress to catch the man who killed a woman in a graveyard. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates murder on a movie set, where all evidence points to an Australian bullwhip master. Sally The Sleuth: Death From the Jungle; Ray Hale, News Ace: Side Show Murder; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Bullwhip Bump-Off!; Crime Pays A Call; Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Ghostly Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 1951 by Trojan Magazines.- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #1497629004
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- 2 3/4" cumulative spine split sealed with tape, cover coming loose at one staple.
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Gene Leslie and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Sally the Sleuth goes undercover to infiltrate a blackmail ring that uses pretty girls to capture compromising photos. Gail Ford, Girl Friday goes undercover as a cocaine dealer's girlfriend to catch drug kingpin Spade Samson. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (who dresses like '50s-era Jimmy Olsen in these stories) finds multiple suspects after a blackmailing starlet is murdered on a movie set. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Doubling For a Moll; Sally the Sleuth: Dirty Politics; Ray Hale, News Ace: Body on the Roof; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Blackmail Bump-Off. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published May 1951 by Trojan Magazines.- Cover oxidation. Residue.
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- Spine fully split and sealed with tape. Cover detached at one staple, staple rust with migration.
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Cover by Les Zakarin. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Robert McCarty, Jerry Altman and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. In an action-girl story, Sally the Sleuth suspects a carny clown after a go-go dancer is murdered at a carnival, leading to a battle on a roller-coaster track. Reporter Ray Hale investigates the murder of a jade dealer and uncovers a smuggling ring. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates after a hated movie star is murdered on set, in a story with good-girl art by Robert McCarty. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Blood on the Knife; Sally the Sleuth: The Carnival Murder; Ray Hale, News Ace: Hot Hijack; Trumpet of Doom; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Make-Up For Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Jul 1951 by Trojan Magazines.- Full length spine split that extends to the majority of the interior wraps sealed with tape and added staples. Majority of the back half of the interior pages are detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Myron Fass cover. Sally the Sleuth in "Murder Wears a Mask" (art by Wally Wood), Ray Hale in "A Noose for News" (art by Ken Battefield), Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective in "Bellyboard Bump-Off!" (script by Robert Leslie Bellem), Gail Ford, Girl Friday in "The Case of the Hidden Murder" (art by Pierre Charpentier. Two page text story, "Be Careful, Killer!" by Ric Hasse. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published Sep 1951 by Trojan Magazines.- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- Edge chew to cover.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth and "The Chief" go undercover to catch an arson gang burning down houses for the insurance money. Reporter Ray Hale witnesses a murder by an abandoned house, but after the victim disappears, he learns he seemingly witnessed an crime that happened 18 years before. When a swimming film star dies during a dive, suspicion falls on her rescuers, who both had a reason to kill her. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Bullet of Treachery; Sally the Sleuth: Peril in the Flames; Ray Hale, News Ace: The Mysterious Tip-Off; The Hand of Fate; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Dive to Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published Nov 1951 by Trojan Magazines.$800.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #4371100007
Cover by Wally Wood. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Max Plaisted and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth suspects that a bowling alley is a front for an illegal gambling den. Reporter Ray Hale investigates the murder of a dance-hall girl and uncovers a dope ring. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (who dresses like '50s-era Jimmy Olsen in these stories) investigates blackmail and murder on a movie set, in a story with an extended girl-fight sequence. Bondage-themed cover is early work by comics legend Wally Wood. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: The Clutch of Evil; Sally the Sleuth: Death Rolls a Strike; Ray Hale, News Ace; Bump the Jackpot; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Off Stage Kill. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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