Secret Agent X-9 (1934 McKay) comic books
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Issue #1
Published 1934 by David McKay Publishing.$125.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
Book One. Stories by Dashiell Hammett. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents the first book publication of the comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). This issue reprints Secret Agent X-9 daily strips from 1934. Wealthy Mr. Powers seeks help from X-9, but criminals get to him first. Now X-9 must discover the true identity of the master criminal known as the Top. Squarebound, 8-in. x 7.5-in., 80 pages, B&W.
