Crime and Justice (1951) 1
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$121.00
View scans- Full length spine split. Centerfold detached.
- Interior complete. Near full length spine split. Cover detached.
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Cover art by Art Gates. "How to be an Amateur Detective" by Ken Brickley; two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black and white on inside front cover. "Machine Gun George Grogan"; George Grogan is just a cheap hood, but his wife has ambitions and pushes him to greater and greater crimes, until a kidnapping ploy goes wrong for the both of them. "Nobody Trusts a Gunman!!", art by Art Gates; A cop is murdered in the process of stopping a robbery, but wounds the perpetrator before he dies; A rookie cop gets called to go undercover to infiltrate the mob and find the killer. "Diabolical Pipeline"; Two Texas shysters have planned a deal to swindle money from investors, but the daughter of one of the men gets caught in a complicated web of love and jealousy, and soon, a murder takes place to keep the scheme a secret. "Uncertain of Death" text story by Justin D. Triem. "Murder Plays the Big Show." "The Big Plane Hi-Jack"; An elaborate scheme is set in motion to smuggle stolen nuclear material to a Latin American country who hopes to develop the bomb. Two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black & white on inside back cover by Ken Brickley. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.