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Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) comic books 1952

  • Issue #19
    Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) 19
    • 3" Spine split from top. Cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by R. Louis Golden and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Cellmates Coke and Giles escape prison and set out on a cross-country crime spree. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. Partners in Death; Finger of Guilt!!; Excuse for Murder; Crime without Motive. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.