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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published Summer 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Herbert W. Rogoff
Notes Indicia states "Crime Clinic", cover states "The Crime Clinic". Indicia states "published quarterly by Approved Comics". Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)

Cover Details - "No Second Chance"

Characters Dr. Tom Rogers
Genre Crime
Pencils Norman Saunders (painting)
Inks Norman Saunders (painting)
Colors Norman Saunders (painting)
Letters Typeset
Notes Indicia states "Crime Clinic", cover states "The Crime Clinic". Indicia states "published quarterly by Approved Comics". Cover art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)

6 page Crime Clinic story "No Second Chance"

Characters Dr. Tom Rogers; Edgar Jay Adams; Stuart Manly
Synopsis Edgar Jay Adams, newpaper publisher, doesn't hire Stuart Manly due to his being a parolled convict.
Genre Crime

1 page Major Mars; Popsicle advertisement "Mission to the Moon"

Characters Major Mars
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Sam Glankoff ?
Inks Sam Glankoff ?
Notes Sam Glankoff ? credit from comparison with later Major Mars strips that appear to be signed. See http://majormars.pbwiki.com/.

6 page story "One Last Hope"

Characters Robert Cranshaw; William Jayson Sykes
Synopsis Board chairman Sykes originally denies parole for Robert Cranshaw, but after he is hit on the head and imagines himself in prison, he changes his mind.
Genre Crime
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler
Notes Everett Kinstler credit from comparison with other artwork signed by him.

2 page text story "Double Dose! The Criminal Always Loses"

Genre Fact; Crime
Letters Typeset

Half page G.I. Joe promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet G.I. Joe"

Synopsis Ad for first issue of G.I. Joe.
Genre War
Notes Other half of page is ad for electric razor.

7 page story "The Two-Bit Hierloom"

Characters Jake Dutton
Synopsis Jake Dutton is released from jail but goes back to a life of stealing jewels, starting with the Bradley Pearls.
Genre Crime
Pencils Everett Kinstler ?
Inks Everett Kinstler ?
Notes Everett Kinstler ? credit from comparison with other work by him which is signed. First page may have been inked by someone else.

Half page Law Laffs filler "Stop pestering Mommy or I'll put you back in stir again."

Synopsis Four gag cartoons involving crime.
Genre Humor
Notes Bottom half of page is ad for book on Hypnosis.

6 page Crime Clinic story "The Lady Killer"

Characters Dr. Tom Rogers; Harvey Sheppard
Synopsis Harvey Sheppard, the penitentiary librarian, is in jail for killing his wife but Dr. Rodgers thinks he may be acting a martyr and covering up for his wife's ex-lover.
Genre Crime

1 page It's a Crime! filler "Identification? Will this do?"

Synopsis Six gag panels about criminals.
Genre Humor
Script Vic Martin (signed)
Pencils Vic Martin (signed)
Inks Vic Martin (signed)
Letters Vic Martin ?