Criminals on the Run (1948) comic books 1948
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Issue #1
Published Sep 1948 by Novelty Press.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 L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #1; technically, continued from Young King Cole Vol. 3 (1947-48) #12. The former Young King Cole series is not changed substantially, except for a title more suggestive of the crime comics that were popular at the time. A note from the Editors acknowledges the new title, and asks readers if they'd like true-crime stories. Young King Cole encounters a man who turns to crime because everything else in life is boring. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, must prove a tame baby crocodile has not grown into a killer. Detective Young King Cole follows the trail of a missing rare bird and finds himself facing down a rogue lion at the zoo. Another great big-cat cover by L. B. Cole. Young King Cole; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: Case of the Bullet-proof Crocodile!; Homer K. Beagle; Secret Ambition; Jolly Jokes and Corn; Crack Shot; Heathcliff the Hobo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Nov 1948 by Novelty Press.- Pencil on interior margin, cover detached.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, Allen M. Mortimer, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #2. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A note from the Editors emphasizes that the comic has no "gory or morbid crime stories." Young King Cole investigates The Case of the Polka Dot Bandit while visiting the West. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates when a trained pelican becomes an accomplice in a robbery gang. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle traces musical mayhem to a master violinist who has turned to evil. Young King Cole; Hammertoones; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Case of the Homing Pelican; Homer K. Beagle; Sunburned; Boitram the Boiglar; Heathcliff the Hobo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published Nov 1948 by Novelty Press.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 L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, John Meditz, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #3. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A millionaire dog and his greedy heirs feature in The Case of the Pampered Pooch. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates a Baskerville-style family curse, except the deadly creature is...a pink elephant. Hired to protect a visiting ambassador, bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle mistakes the ambassador for an assassin and abducts him. Whimsical Alpine horn cover by L. B. Cole. Young King Cole: The Case of the Pampered Pooch; Hammertoones; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Pink Elephant Murders; Homer K. Beagle; The Hidden Witness; Trail of Salt; Jolly Jokes and Corn. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
