Crime Detective Comics Volume 3 (1952) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #2
$20.50
View scan- 1" Spine split/tear from top. 1" tears from top. Water damage.
Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A deep-cover agent has no idea that "Center," the mysterious head of his spy ring, is actually his wife. A crook obsessed with wind-up toys plans an elaborate scam to cover up bank embezzlement. A robbery gone wrong in London results in the infamous 1911 gun battle known as the Siege of Sidney Street. Orders from Center; Something for Mother; The Playful Engineer; The Little Enemy; The Siege of Sidney Street; Gangland Guns; The Patchwork Gentleman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
$48.00
View scans- 1" Spine split from top. 2.5" Internal page tear.
Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A jewel thief sets his sights on the famed Blue Star diamond as a gift for his wife. A simple-minded town fool stumbles on the evidence of a murder, but townspeople think he is involved himself. It's gangsters vs. cowboys when a new rustling scheme involves hijacking a cattle drive onto a schooner. The Glass Gibraltar; The Rats on the Vine; Haunted Headlines; The Kind Nuisance; The Mink in the Balcony; The Hamburger Pirates; The Gypsy Link. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
