Picture Crimes (1937) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1937 by David McKay Publishing.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Edgar Franklin. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an unusual book, part solve-it-yourself mystery, part fumetti-style comic book. Each story uses photographs and captions to illustrate a crime, with clues provided so the reader can solve the mystery. Answers provided in the back. Also features a reader contest to plot future Picture Crimes, although this was apparently the only issue. The Darkroom Murder; A Champ Passes; Death of a Gold Digger; Marked For Murder; Death At A Wooden Wedding; The Green Jinx Strikes; All Cops Are Dumb; Revel of a Raffles; Solutions. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
