Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) comic books
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Issue #1
Published May 1952 by Trojan Magazines.- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #2042487008
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- Cover coming loose at one staple. Full length spine split to third wrap (page detached but present). Cover oxidation.
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Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. "Crime psychologist" Jim Phillips investigates a crime wave that seems to be masterminded by a hypnotist who died in prison. Private eye Jerry Jasper is hired by gang boss Mike Bullen to find out who is trying to take over his racket. Showgirl Babe Dawson hires master of disguise Don Grady to protect her from her ex-con ex-husband, Spider Webb. Bondage cover may be the work of Adolphe Barreaux. Jim Phillips: Death Is the Victor; Jerry Jasper: Murder Backfires; Don Grady: The Hidden Clue; Hate Backfires; Queenie Starr: Death Directs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Jul 1952 by Trojan Magazines.- Cover coming loose at one staple.
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$540.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)
- Label #4354763001
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$300.00
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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Jul 1953 by Trojan Magazines.$265.00
View scans- Water damage. Mold.
- 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover and first wrap detached. Centerfold detached at one staple.
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Cover by William Zeller. Stories and art by Richard Kahn, Mo Marcus, Robert Leslie Bellem, Bill Fraccio, Art Gates, Jack Miller, Ray McClelland and Mike Esposito. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's arch enemy Professor Zarno sets his sights on the British Crown Jewels during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (a hot topic at the time). To solve a murder at the United Nations, Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo employs his natural deductive skills, and perhaps even his supernatural skills. Wax figures confuse the clues in a case for Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (the most famous sleuth in the pages of Crime Mysteries). Bondage-themed cover by William Zeller is an homage to (or swipe from) an early Jack Kirby cover, for Champion Comics (1939-1940 Worth Publishing) #10. Lance Storm: Death Stalks the Crown; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Murder in Wax; Kitty Vale: Picture of Death; Murder is a Skin Game; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: Prayer of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
Published Nov 1953 by Trojan Magazines.$890.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4363120003
Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth and H. C. Kiefer. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm probes the riddle of a deadly hoax. Ray Hale, star reporter of the Midvale Clarion, proves that the press is an ally to police and ordinary citizens alike. Lighthearted werewolf/vampire cover by Myron Fass. Lance Storm: The Hoax of Death; Death Rides High; Frozen Fear; Second Attempt; Ray Hale-News Ace. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
Published Mar 1954 by Trojan Magazines.- Interior is complete. Full length spine split through all interior wraps. Cover detached at one staple. Brittle interior.
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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth and Mo Marcus. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. A monster is preying on female college students, which could have something to do with the giant leeches the school's biology teacher is growing in the nearby swamp. Inspector Bennet learns the horrifying truth behind the Jabberwocky poem, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Detective Brenn investigates after a woman is murdered by costumed characters near a TV studio, in a story featuring the line, "Your hillbillies just croaked a cupcake out in the alley!" Bondage cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Dead Woman's Swamp; Curse of the Jabberwock; The Television Kill; The Strange Avenger; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Vanishing Jewels. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #14
Published Jul 1954 by Trojan Magazines.- Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.
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- 3" spine split from top.
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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Art Gates, Alvin Hollingsworth, and Myron Fass. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes. When redheaded heiress Jane marries struggling artist Roy, her disapproving guardian gives them a wedding present: a haunted house where an eccentric artist once murdered his model. Inspector Kent investigates reports of a zombie murdering the members of an adventurer's club that's seeking a lost treasure. A private eye is hired to escort a murder witness back to the city, but a gangster wants her dead. Painted in Blood; Cross a Gypsy's Palm; The Murdered Murderer; Fact into Fiction; The Road Back. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
Published Sep 1954 by Trojan Magazines.- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 3" cumulative spine split. Oxidation.
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Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and others. Crime and horror comics featuring detective heroes, an unusual mix. Detectives seeking grave-robbers wonder if it's just a case of larceny - or something more horrifying. Husband-and-wife killers on the run trust a plastic surgeon to change their faces, but the results are terrible for all concerned. Private eye Don Grady investigates a murder in a TV studio. Plus a vintage PSA, "A Bright Future with the Junior Red Cross." Feast of the Dead!; Skin Deep; Death in Room 13; Point of Death; Death Stars on TV. Final issue under this title; series continues as Secret Mysteries (1954) #16. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
