After Dark (1955) comic books
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Issue #6
Published May 1955 by Sterling Comics.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 Mike Sekowsky. Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and others. Numbering continues from Informer (1954) #5. Sterling's pre-Code crime comic Informer becomes the Code-approved After Dark, although the police-procedural content and characters remain the same. Detective Mark Fabian investigates after a motorcycle cop is injured by street racers. Beat cop Kenny Cogan tries to find out if a fellow cop really shot an innocent man (named "Lou Grant"). In a whimsical story, con man Luke the Spook has a plan to turn an ordinary Native American into a social-media star. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Hot Rod!; The Cop: A Bad Conscience; Four Alarm!; They Never Learn!; Luke the Spook: Go West, Old Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published Jul 1955 by Sterling Comics.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 Mike Sekowsky. Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and others. Sterling's pre-Code crime comic Informer becomes the Code-approved After Dark, although the police-procedural content and characters remain the same. Detective Mark Fabian investigates after a rookie cop is suspended when a perp gets hold of his gun. Beat cop Kenny Cogan tries to help his boxer pal Rocky when gangsters want him to throw a fight. Det. Fabian confronts a motorcycle gang, in a story clearly inspired by the 1953 film The Wild One. Frame-Up; The Cop: The Fallen Idol; The Tunnel of Madness; Trouble on Wheels. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Sep 1955 by Sterling Comics.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 Mike Sekowsky and Mike Roy. Stories and art by Carl Wessler, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Roy and Ed Moritz. Sterling's pre-Code crime comic Informer becomes the Code-approved After Dark, although the police-procedural content and characters remain the same. Detective Mark Fabian searches for a missing girl, but the clues all lead back to her unhappy home life. Beat cop Kenny Cogan takes a neglected kid under his wing, but the kid's hero worship leads to danger. Det. Fabian tracks the teen vandals who pulled a fire alarm and caused a spectacular fire-engine crash. Beginning; The Cop: The Fallen Idol; The Vandals; Signals On; Fall Guy! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
