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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) comic books 1955 or before, graded by CGC

  • Item #44773079
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Antonio Canale, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Hijack Mac Jones lives up to his name as his gang of road agents targets the trucking industry. The Camouflage Killers raid hotel suites in 1950s New York. Modern-day pirates target the luxury yachts cruising the Florida west coast jungle waterways , leading to an Everglades Manhunt. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Double Dynamite; Hijack; The Criminals Law of Averages; Murder Masks a Black Market; The Camouflage Killers; Everglades Manhunt. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61700039
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    $2,200.00
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Al Tyler, Bob Forgione and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A comics biography of notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, who supposedly said he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Also, a short text piece on the forty-year long career of Sutton. Ex-GI McKay, in Paris on the GI Bill, gets involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds into the US. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Willie Suttons Worst Enemy - Himself; Willie Suttons Career in Crime; Diamonds Can Kill! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61333610
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Antonio Toldo, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. After Red Daughterty goes to the chair, his son "Little Danny" grows up hating the law, and determined to strike back at the world. A killer and his surviving victim tell different stories as to whether the killing was self-defense or murder. A stolen-goods fence becomes a powerful crimelord by turning compulsive gamblers into his patsies. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Lost River Manhunt; Killers Son; Manslaughter or Murder?; The Fence; Flaming Terror; Apprentice in Crime; Fun Time. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Honest police chief Dolan tries to get the goods on Anders and Barret, the corrupt power-brokers who run Haynes City. In prison, cellmates Maline and Hermos develop a deadly rivalry, and when Hermos maneuvers his way to parole, Maline swears to get him. In a story that's a product of its times, Shag and his gang begin targeting milkmen on their early-morning delivery routes. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Devils Partners; Cell Mates; Arson Is Hard to Prove; Hotel Theft; Lighter Side; Have You Heard This One?; The Dawn Gang. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61722822
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    Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Edd Ashe, Ken Landau, George Olesen, Bernard Sachs, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Holdup man "Lefty" reveals the secrets of his past to a reporter as he's on the way to Alcatraz. Private eye Vic Flint goes to a fancy dinner and gets a lead on a cold murder case, in the evocatively titled "Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat." Nate is released from prison after five years and immediately picked up by his ex-partners, who want to know where he stashed the loot. Gunmans Gamble; Full Dress Shakedown; The Killer Quartet; The Push-Button Murder; Kingpins in Crime; The Short Beer Kid; Boomerang Booty; Ticketed for Murder; Escape by Night; Too Dumb to Be Dangerous; Guns for Gangland!; Vic Flint: Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat; Comedy Column; Gag Bag; Mr. Bluebeard Takes Wife No. 13. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and André LeBlanc. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Art and his gang kidnap the adult daughter of a wealthy Vegas casino owner, but she turns out to be smarter and more formidable than they expected. Private eye Vic Flint investigates a murder, and gets set up as a fall guy for his trouble. Crooks set their sights on a lavish party for millionaires aboard the yacht Sea Nymph. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Las Vegas Loot; Lou Erskines One Man War; The Kidnapped Sea Nymph; The Crown Prince of Frisco; Vic Flint: The Case of the Jumping Beans; The Police Always Win; Piracy on Route One; Easy-Money Kid; The Tailor-Made Crime Wave; First Offense; The Body on Demand. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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