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Comic books published by D.S. Publishing, graded by CGC

  • Item #60999369
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    Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61976847
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    $3,800.00
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    Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #61483996
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    Stories and art by Leo Morey and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Ma Barker and her sons become the first family of crime, until the Feds catch up with them. Beautiful Stella Irwin joins her husband Benny for a spree of bank robberies. Twin brothers Dan and Don Olson both grow up in a bad neighborhood, but one turns to crime and the other becomes a lawman. Most Dangerous Of All; Blue Eyes and a Gun: The Story of Stella Irwin; Twin Trouble; Thunder on the Mountain; Trigger Man: The Story of Frankie Uale; The Mystery of the Stolen Necklace; The Incredible Ma Barker; Brothers In Crime. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #47729756
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    $395.00
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    • Label #1488634013
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    Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Bob Butts, Louis Dresser, and Bob Jenney. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Reporter Margo Mason investigates "The Mystic Eye" when a wealthy jeweler is targeted by a fortune-teller because of his well-known superstitions. After a disfiguring accident ruins her career, a fashion model gone mad targets other models for murder. Joe and his partner go on a robbery-murder spree, but one thing sets Joe apart from smarter crooks: he keeps a diary. The Mystic Eye; Case Of the Missing Bullets; Killer Dillers; Carbon Copy Death; Double Identity; The Tell-Tale Nails; The Hat Box Murders; The Pennsylvania Bluebeard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60896200
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    Cover by Art Gates. Stories and art by Al Wenzel, Al McLean and Art Gates. Tales of true crime inspired this violent pre-Code crime comic from DS Publishing. The real-life story of Norman "Red" Ryan, who led a double life as a reformed ex-con and radio host, while still running an armed-robbery gang. A woman offers to marry any man who will give her $1,000 for an operation to save her mother's life. In 1924, Felix Sloper is dubbed the "Lone Wolf" for his daring bank robberies in California. Plus an article warning readers about scam-artist tricks. Graduation for Murder; The Saga of Red Ryan; Love for Sale; Hi Lights; Massacre at Canon City Prison; Confessions and a Shave; The Man Who Wanted to Hang; The Luck of Felix Sloper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.