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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published June 1954
Cover Price .10
Pages 36
Editing Martin Smith?
Notes Series continues in After Dark by Sterling

Cover Details - "The Greatest Social Menace of Our Time"

Genre crime; detective
Notes Series continues in After Dark by Sterling

8 page Detective Sergeant Mark Fabian story "Death is the Payoff"

Genre detective
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Roy?
Notes The cover states "From the Files of the Police DRAGNET" Fabian begins the case "Pat Polo and I were working the day watch out of homicide..." The book was published by Feature Television Porductions. Can you figure out what they were trying to imitate and cash in on?

6 page The Cop story "Gang War"

Genre crime
Pencils Paul Reinman?
Notes Paul Reinman is a guess. If it is, it is at his best and even has a Milton Caniff look to it.

2 page Detective Sergeant Mark Fabian text story "A Short Wait for Death"

Genre detective
Letters machine

6 page Detective Sergeant Mark Fabian story "Panic in the Park"

Genre detective
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Roy?

6 page story "Luke The Spook"

Genre humor