Martin Kane (1950) comic books
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Issue #2
Published Aug 1950 by Fox Feature Syndicate.$22.00
View scans- Cover coming loose at bottom staple. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
Art by Wally Wood, Lou Ferstadt, George Tuska and A.C. Hollingsworth. The comic-book version of the pipe-smoking radio and TV detective, with cases supposedly inspired by real life. Kane matches wits with an atomic scientist whose loyalty is to the Reds; A Junior Detective Club story tells the violent tale of killer Eddie Doll; A guard is killed during a fur warehouse robbery. The Man of Many Faces; The Case of the Tattooed Stool Pigeon; Zack Bodego the Crusher; The Case of the Choppers; The Tunnel was a Secret; John Hamilton: Hard Luck Killer. Final issue of the series; this issue was actually published after issue #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jun 1950 by Fox Feature Syndicate.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.
Art by Wally Wood and others. Cover by Wally Wood. The comic-book version of the pipe-smoking radio and TV detective, with cases supposedly inspired by real life. Numbering continues from My Secret Affair (1949) #3; followed by issue #2. The violent life and death of gangster Legs Diamond; Kane tells the story of the Whyos, the gang that terrorized New York after the Civil War; Fun facts about the famous French prison, Devil's Island. Mentioned in the legendary anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Legs Diamond; The Whyos; Booked for Murder; The Killing Punch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
