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Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) comic books

  • Issue #5
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 5
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4170294021

    Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from August - December, 1944. While tracking the escaped killer Dr. Zero to Mother Whistler's safehouse for criminals, Kerry faces the bizarre, Dick Tracy-like villains Stitches and Bottleneck. Kerry rescues Sandy from a bondage trap with a crossbow, as portrayed on the cover. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 6
    • Interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Salo and Bob Powell. Harvey takes over publishing of reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip, Kerry Drake. This issue features reprints from Jan. - April, 1945. After a close encounter with a plate-glass window while escaping Kerry five years earlier, the gangster called Stitches is back for revenge. Plus a Lady Crime story. Kerry Drake Matches Wits with Stitches; Outsmarted; Lady Crime; Snoopy; Cops and Robbers; Fatal Error. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 13
    • Interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from May 26 - Aug. 8, 1946. Corrupt bodybuilder Torso Steel targets wealthy Algernon Wedmore and his burlesque dancer girlfriend, GeeGee String. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 15
    • Interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Nov., 1946 - Feb. 1947. Kerry faces phony psychic Dr. Prey, who looks and acts like an owl. Old West gunfighter Kitty Carson, the "ruff ridin' gal sheriff," tracks down a murderer, but fears that her assistant will try to get revenge. Plus a war bonds PSA featuring Joe Palooka, with art by Ham Fisher. Also featuring an early defense of crime comics as a "deterrent" to crime, as Mrs. Jones complains to Kerry about the violence in comics, a hot topic of discussion at the time. Little Max Lends a Helping Hand; Kerry Drake: The Case of the Fake Mystic Racket; The Case of the Traditional Ghost; Scent of Death; Kitty Carson: Indian Revenge; Bullets of Death!; Ace Detective Proves Crime Can't Win. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 16
    • Interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Feb. - May 1947. Obsessive-compulsive killer Vixen Vargo feels about the letter "V" the way Little Dot feels about little dots. Old West gunfighter Kitty Carson, the ruff ridin' gal sheriff, contends with bandits and a lynch mob. Plus a page of mini-pinups featuring Joe Palooka and Humphrey, Babe Ruth, the Green Hornet and Kerry Drake. Kerry Drake: Murder in a Sealed Room; The Strange Case of Vixen, the Monogram Maniac; Kitty Carson; Murder Plot; The Case of the False Clue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Kerry Drake Detective Cases (1944) 31

    Those of you who collect the often rare "blood-on-cover" issues, here is one such with bullets flying and a nice puddle of blood!

    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from May - August 1949. Female private eye Julep Frost puts Kerry on the track of frozen-faced killer Deadpan. The reader is invited to solve a crime before Inspector Smith can. Kerry Drake: The Case of the Murder Syndicate; The Punch Board Caper; How Good a Detective Are You? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.