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John Buscema reprints (Conan # 94-95); Conan newspaper strips reprinted; pin-up reprints by Mike Zeck, Tony DeZuniga, and Tim Conrad Cover price $2.25.

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Cover art by Rafael Kayanan. The Inquisitors of Ong, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Rafael Kayanan, inks by John Floyd; Conan meets Shimata-Kawai (again) while a captive of the Inquisitors of Ong. Talisman of Tolometh--Hyborian Age, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Audwyn Newman, inks by Rey Garcia; part three. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Reprint from Savage Sword of Conan 1. Cover art by John Buscema. Reprint story from Savage Sword of Conan 1: Curse of the Undead-Man, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Pablo Marcos; setting: Zamora's City of Thieves; Conan & Red Sonja battle Costranno (who comes back to life when his ring and finger magically reattach to his corpse); fully adapted from the story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in a one-page Joe Weider ad. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Last 35-cent issue. Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan. Last 35-cent issue. Belit guest stars in The Long Night of Fang and Talon" (part 2), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan; setting: Black Coast cliff fortress; Belit saves Conan from Ajaga's altar; They kill Ajaga, free the captive women, and sack Ajaga's fortress.. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Spider-Man Puts Himself in the Picture! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by John Buscema. The Voice of One Long Gone starring Conan, Jenna; Drogin, Ravenna, Yag-Kosha (illusion), Devil-Beast of Yergal (illusion), Thak (illusion), and Belit (illusion), script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by john Buscema, inks by Bob McLeod and Buscema; Conan is trapped in a dungeon; Drogin explores Conans mind to suit his purposes. One-page Doctor Strange ad with Frank Miller art (at one point he was scheduled to become the regular penciller on the book). Daredevil stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Daredevil vs. Johnny Punk! Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Gil Kane. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden. The Witch of Widnsor, script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Danny Bulanadi; Conan comes upon a princess held captive atop an insurmountable mountain and then listens to King Wolden explain that a gypsy witch was behind it; Later, a meeting with the gypsy leads him to discover the fate of the princess. Captain America stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Fury Unleashed! Cover price $0.60.

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"Isle of the Dead." Script by Bruce Jones, art by Val Mayerik. MegaForce back cover ad (art by William Stout). John Buscema front cover. Cover price $0.60.

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"Spider Isle." Script by Bruce Jones, art and cover by John Buscema. Cover price $0.60.

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"The Maze, the Man, the Monster." Script by Bruce Jones, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan. Spider-Man and the Green Goblin star in a two-page Parker Brothers game ad. Buscema cover. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover art by John Buscema. The Wizard starring Conan, Queen Gywnella, and Symon, script by Michael Fleisher, plot and pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan; In the Brythunian city-state of Berthalia, a king offers a reward to anyone who can rescue his Queen from the wizard of the mountain. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover art by Rod Ramos. Red Teeth, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Dwayne Turner (breakdowns), inks by Rod Ramos (finishes); Politics is a tough profession, especially in the Hyborean Age. But what Conan discovers is a political situation in a remote city that turns even his blood cold! 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover art by Mike Mignola. Tangled Up In Blood (Young Conan part 5 of 9), script by Michael Higgins, pencils by Rodney Ramos, inks by Alfredo Alcala; After a bungled robbery, Jorrma is captured. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover pencils by Gary Hartle, inks by Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi. The Death Of Conan! (Young Conan part 7 of 9), script by Michael Higgins, pencils by Gary Hartle, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Conan is tortured and killed by Queen Elesba. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover art by Arthur Adams. The Peril and the Prophecy, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Docherty, inks by Ernie Chan and Gerry Talaoc; Conan and Zula battle to the death in Katuman's arena. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Roy Thomas/Docherty. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover art by Ernie Chan. The Priests of the Purple Plague, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Docherty, inks by Alfredo Alcala; Conan must escape from the Priests of the Purple Plague. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

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Conan and the beautiful (yet deadly) swordswoman/thief Isparana battle the wizard Karlk to save the Ebon Throne. "White Apes, Ebon Throne: Part 2" is written by Roy Thomas, with art and cover by John Watkiss. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover art by Colin MacNeil. Demon-Wings Over Zamora starring Conan, Isparana, Milo, Zorka, and Drago, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Docherty, inks by Ricardo Villagran; Conan battles the cult of the Night-God (from way back in Conan the Barbarian #6). 36 pgs. Cover price $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

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Argos Deception: Part 1 of 3 - (W) Brian Wood. (A) James Harren. (CA) Dave Stewart, Massimo Carnevale. Conan's adventures in Messantia ended with the Cimmerian nearly losing his head, but now that he has an entire pirate crew backing him up, returning to take a city's worth of gold is just too tempting-and pirate queen Bêlit has a plan! Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. By Frank Godwin. Introduction by Herb Galewitz. A collection of classic comic strips. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

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After Jinal's fierce fight with Zhengla, Yisrah offers the golden-haired warrior some advice with the hope of keeping her alive and well in "The Captive!" Script by Gary Cohn, art by Ron Randall. Letterer credit given to Eric Shanower. Cover by Randall. Cover price $0.75.

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Forever Evil: Blight: Part 12 of 18 - Written by Ray Fawkes. Art by Aco. Cover by Howard Porter. Project Thaumaton revealed! The Crime Syndicate has twisted the world's greatest mystics into something horrible - is this the beginning of the end? Continues in this month's Trinity of Sin: Pandora (2013 DC)! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.

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The Campus Stinkers; Cookie and Jittebuck compete in a treasure hunt. One-page That Boy's Delicate story starring Alfie, script and art by Al Hartley. Untitled Bebop Bobby story. Honeyboy Adams; Two cons mistake Jitterbuck for Honeyboy Adams. 1/2 page ad for the Kilroys comic book signed by Dan Gordon. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

1st (only) printing. Written and drawn by Kim Deitch. Mature readers. Black and white. Cover by Deitch. Adults Only, 7" x 10", b&w, 28 pages. Cover price $0.50.

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Story by Paul Dini Breakdowns by Keith Giffen 25 script by Adam Beechen and art by Carlos Magno 24 script by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Al Barrionuevo 23 script by Paul Dini and art by Tom Derenick 22 script by Tony Bedard and art by Manuel Garcia Covers 25, 24 and 22 by Claudio Castellini; Cover 23 by J.G. Jones The countdown continues with a new name and even bigger thrills! Karate Kid makes it to the bunker in Blüdhaven and confronts both Firestorm and the Atomic Knights! Jimmy Olsen enslaved on Apokolips! Mary Marvel not enslaved on Apokolips! The Monitor, Jason Todd and Donna Troy home in on Ray Palmer's trail! Desaad takes control! Lex Luthor kidnapped - but by whom? Trickster and Piper: One will live...one will die! And Mister Mxyzptlk explains it all! Plus, more DC VILLAINS origin backup stories, including: Desaad and Mr. Mxyzptlk! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Gerry Conway Art by Alan Lee Weiss, Arvell M. Jones and others Covers by Ryan Sook Thrill to the adventures of Ray Palmer in these two giant-sized Specials! Issue #1 collects stories from SUPER-TEAM FAMILY #11-12, and #2 features material from #13-14 (1977). Cover price $4.99.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Art by Joe Kubert, Fred Kida, Bob Fujitani, Steve Webb, John Forte, Jon Small, George Roussos and possibly Frank Frazetta. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. Alabam, sheriff of Broken Creek, stalks a mountain lion in a story with Kubert art (and possible Frazetta inks); The Fighting Parson tries to help a woman prove her father innocent of murder. Also featuring a pre-Code bondage cover by Jack Kamen. The Hobnailed Lion!; Queen of Eden!; Terror Mountain; Amateur Night; Boots Bradley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Walter Johnson. Art by Walter Johnson, Jill Elgin, Paul Reinman and Chu F. Hing. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. The life of Western-themed humorist Will Rogers; The Texas Ranger encounters the Blacksmith Bandits, outlaws with a new gimmick, in a story (and cover) with mild pre-Code bondage elements; Frontier scout Kit West investigates a serial killer targeting women at Fort Gresham, in a story inspired by The Murders in the Rue Morgue, of all things. The Blacksmith Bandits; The Secret of Quiet Canyon; The Pony Express; Murder in the Stockade!; Death's Double Doom; Will Rogers, A Great American; War Drums; White Brother. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. New Texan Ken finds beautiful neighbor Jane Foster believes his ranch is stolen. Sue suspects a debonair stranger wants to court her sister Lucy, but the truth is more sinister. Martha becomes involved with a handsome outlaw and his young son. Wild Beauty; Six-Gun Wedding; A Killer's Bullet Stole Her Love!; The Only Man I Could Ever Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Industrial Tyrant, art by Lou Fine; After his first defeat at the hands of the Black Condor, Jaspar Crow begins a long descent into darker evil that was manifested in his private endeavors, which includes his dictatorial complex that was used to create an imposter Black Condor to attack his own workers who were poised to go on strike. Vs. Benito Vermin starring Tor the Magic Master, script and art by Fred Guardineer. The Aviation Conspiracy starring Madam Fatal, art by Art Pinajian. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell Ross. At Devonshire Girl's School starring Alias The Spider, art by Paul Gustavson. Vs. The Black Shark starring Red Torpedo, art by Henry Kiefer. Untitled Space Legion story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Klone the Racketeer starring The Clock, script and art byGeorge E. Brenner. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

May 1942. 1st issue under this title (previously published as Hooded Detective). Detective and mystery stories by T. W. Ford "The Corpse Can't Cry", C. L. Boswell, Fred J. Ford, Zachary Strong, Cliff Campbell, Leo Hoban, "Undercover" Dix, and Mat Rand. 7" x 10"; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. NOTE: For previous issues see Hooded Detective (1941-1942 Columbia Publications) Cover price $0.10.

68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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New story: Thongor stars in "Tower of the Serpent-Women!" Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Val Mayerik, inks by Wayne Howard (adapted from the Lin Carter novel "Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria"). Reprint: "The Eyes of Mala-tor." Letter to the editor from comic artist Batton Lash. John Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Shawn Martinbrough, inks by Sal Buscema. "Straitjacket," script by Len Kaminski, pencils by Shawn Martinbrough, inks by Sal Buscema; Jack Ryder (Creeper) defeats Proteus; app. by Professor Emil Yatz (Flashback), Jimmy "The Angel" Devlinski (Flashback), and Winston Baker (Flashback). Article in which Mike McAvennie talks about how this Creeper series came about. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover pencils by Shawn Martinbrough, inks by Sal Buscema. "He Who Laughs Last," script by Len Kaminski, pencils by Sal Buscema (layouts), inks by Shawn Martinbrough (finishes); The Creeper and Batman stop the riot at Arkham, preventing the escape of all the criminals in the aftermath of the Gotham quake; app. by Joker. Killer Croc, Poison Ivy (Cameo), Killer Moth (Cameo), Mr. Freeze (Cameo), Scarface (Cameo), The Ventriloquist (Cameo), Commissioner James Gordon, Riddler (Cameo), Clayface (Cameo), and Scarecrow (Cameo). 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

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Stories in this issue include: Déjà vu by Doug Moench and Esteban Maroto; Star-Slaughter by Rich Margopoulos and Ramon Torrents; Death Wish! by John D. Warner and Adolfo Abellan; Package Deal by Martin Pasko and Jose Bea; The Viyi by Esteban Maroto; His Brother's Grave by Kevin Pagan and Rafael Auraleon; and Bed of Roses by Doug Moench and Felix Mas. Cover art by Manuel Sanjulian. Cover price $0.75.

Stories in this issue include: Excerpts from the Year Five! by Budd Lewis and Jose Ortiz; The Haunted Abbey by Budd Lewis and Vicente Alcazar; The Happy Abbey by Budd Lewis and Vicente Alcazar; The Happy Undertaker by Carl Wessler and Martin Salvador; Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven by Richard Corben (in color); Holy War by Budd Lewis and Adolfo Abellan; and Oil of Dog by Jack Butterworth and Isidro Mones (from the story by Ambrose Bierce). Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.00.

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This special Edgar Allan Poe issue includes the following stories: The Pit and the Pendulum by Rich Margopoulos and Jose Ortiz; Premature Burial by Rich Margopoulos and Vicente Alcazar; The Fall of the House of Usher by Rich Margopoulos and Martin Salvador; The Oval Portrait by Rich Margopoulos and Richard Corben; Ms. Found in a Bottle! by Rich Margopoulos and Leo Summers; and Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Rich Margopoulos and Isidro Mones. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Cover price $1.00.

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Stories in this issue include: Vampires Fly at Dusk! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall; Curse of the Full Moon! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall; The Cask of Amontillado! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe); Hot Spell! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall; The Beast on Bacon Street by Budd Lewis and Reed Crandall (in color); Hop-Frog! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall (from the story by Poe); The Squaw! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall (from the story by Bram Stoker); Frozen Fear! by Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall; and Keep your Spirits Up by Bill Parente and Reed Crandall (story miscredited to Archie Goodwin). Cover art is a montage of interior panels. Cover price $1.25.

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This final Warren issue includes the following stories: Moral Blood part three by Don McGregor and Al Sanchez; All of them Must Die! by Gerry Boudreau, Randy Palmer, and Martin Salvador; and The Iceman Killeth by Michael Fleischer and Delando Nino. Cover art by Jose Mirelles. Cover price $2.25.

Cover by Ryan Brown. Before Uncle Creepy goes into hibernation, we're bringing Richard Corben back to the pages of Creepy! Regular contributor Dan Braun will collaborate with Corben on an all-new story, writer Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein joins forces with Portuguese artist Ricardo Cabral, and Peter Bagge revisits the Creepy Family Tree! Tony Guaraldi-Brown delivers a killer Monster Gallery piece, Glenn Fabry provides a disturbing color pinup, and more surprises fill this final foray into fright! 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Richard "Grass" Green, Joe Gill, Recreo, Mike Vosburg and Mike Pellowski. Horror tales from Charlton featuring an above-average array of artists. A greedy Welsh mine owner pushes his workers beyond human limits, in a story with experimental art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Future Marvel star Mike Zeck contributes a one-pager, and the final story has an art assist by underground comix legend Richard "Grass" Green. Plus a cover by horror legend Tom Sutton. Where Do They Flee?; One Last Kiss; The Specialist; The Grass Is Always Greener. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Dick Giordano, Frank Frollo, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. Chase introduces a tale of intrigue with the following: "You readers may think that because this is a comic book, all these stories are dreamed up by haggard looking writers pounding fiction out of a typewriter until the wee hours of the morning...Well, you're right!" An insurance investigator arranges a pardon for a convicted bank robber, in hopes of finding the loot he stashed away before he was caught. Ex-con Frankie gets a job at a munitions plant and falls in with a plan to rob the place of its payroll. Bondage cover by Lou Morales. So... You Want to Be a Detective???; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Alias Gregori; Full Pardon!; The Thirteenth Victim; Radio Patrol: Steal a Million; Killer, Come Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

December 1941. Volume 4, No. 1. Painted cover by Delos Palmer. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 114 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

March 1942. Volume 4, No. 4. Painted cover by Delos Palmer. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 114 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by George Gregg and Rudy Palais. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The story of Frank Nash, called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history," until the Kansas City Massacre. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A text story features, by coincidence, the name "Spider Man," 14 years before the Marvel character. The Mad Frank Nash; How Much For the Fix Papa Yale?; Irene Shrader... Princess of Crime; Crime Crazy; Spider Man of Denver; The Invisible Six; Professor of Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich and Herb Rogoff. Stories and art by Charles Raab, Art Peddy, Jules Steiner, Jack Keller, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The notorious cover of this issue portrays a spoof of anti-comics crusader Dr. Fredric Wertham bound and gagged, something acknowledged by the artists and Wertham himself, who points it out in both the illustrations and text of his 1954 anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A female crimelord tries to turn herself and her fellow crooks into high-society types in 1880s New York. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," enter a stock-car race in their ancient jalopy and astound fans and drivers alike with their speed. Beautiful Meat-Hooks; Elmo's Penthouse; No Mice Are Nice; The Apple; Strange Confession; The Rosebud Sisters; Smith Does It Again; The Witness; Corkscrew Alley. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Tuska (credited as Charles Biro). Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Bob Fujitani, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. British highwayman John Nevison earns the nickname Swift Nick after supposedly making a 200-mile trek to establish an alibi. Wild West gunfighter and outlaw Billy the Kid dies at age 21, but not before becoming a legend. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed a millionaire. Frank Scarcini: The Betrayer of Pals -- Master of the Double-Cross!; William Nevinson, The Terror of the Roads!; William Bonney, Alias Billy the Kid; Murder Pays the Hangman; Leo Hall: The Man Without Conscience; Mercy; Honor; Human Decency; Whodunnit: Who Killed Millionaire Ellis Blackton? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Trained for Terror," "One Angle Too Many," "Doom on High," and "Movie-Struck Maniac." Two page text story, "Framed for Murder." Cover price $0.10.

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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.