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Shock Detective Cases (1952) comic books

  • Issue #20
    Shock Detective Cases (1952) 20
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Slight color touch.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Numbering continues from Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #19. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Serial killer Joseph Medley goes to the chair for his compulsion for strangling women. Inspector Roc investigates the case of The Bloodless Corpse, featuring art by pioneering African-American cartoonist Alvin Hollingsworth. Holdup men Joe and Sammy have a fatal flaw: when Sammy gets nervous, he kills people. The Strangler; The Bloodless Corpse; The Poisonous Heart; Death's Calling Card; Prison Panic!! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,400 Shock Detective Cases 20 CGC 6.5 LB Cole Negligee Strangler 1952 Star GGA Crime

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  • Issue #21
    Shock Detective Cases (1952) 21

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    Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. In a truly bizarre story for this title, hoods hiding out from a robbery in the backwoods of Appalachia are captured by elf-like "little people" and subjected to a terrible vengeance. Monk Eastman and his Eastman Gang become one of the most powerful street gangs in old New York City. Jim Turpin and his twin sister commit petty crimes, but he tries to convince her to think bigger. Final issue under this title; series continues as Spook (1954) #22. Death from Below; The Hoodlum of Horror; No Time To Kill; The Death Ride!! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $2,200 Shock Detective Cases 21 CGC 7.0 WH L.B.Cole Cover Star

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