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Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) comic books 1948

  • Issue #1
    Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) 1

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    Cover by Jack Kirby (credited as Simon and Kirby). Art by Bill Draut and Carmine Infantino. Comic-book adventures of the legendary Asian-American detective, notable for their Jack Kirby covers. This series was designed to tie in with the Charlie Chan radio series then airing on the Mutual network. Chan is called in when a wealthy widow is murdered in a hit-and-run. A petty crook decides to shoot for the stars and become a Monte Carlo gambler. Modern-day train robbers use gas masks that make them look like the 1940s Sandman. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Charlie Chan radio series and its sponsors, medicinal gums Feenamint and Chooz. The Hit and Run Murder Case; Charlie Chan; The Land of the Leopard Men; The Weasel of Wall Street; He Talked Too Much; The Train Robber's Last Trip. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) 2

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    Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Jack Kirby and Tom Golden. Comic-book adventures of the legendary Asian-American detective, notable for their Jack Kirby covers. This series was designed to tie in with the Charlie Chan radio series then airing on the Mutual network. Chan and his son find themselves on the wrong end of a revolver when they visit Shanghai. Chan seeks a jewelry salesman who vanished and left a trail of misery behind. In the 1930s, gangster Lonnie Lewis becomes known as the Toledo Terror. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Charlie Chan radio series. Number One Trouble!; The Vanishing Jewel Salesman!; Murder on the Midway!; The Powder Puff Cop; The True Story of the Toledo Terror!; Hocus-Pocus Hearse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) 3

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    Cover by Jack Kirby (credited as Simon and Kirby). Art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Briefer. Comic-book adventures of the legendary Asian-American detective, notable for their Jack Kirby covers. This series was designed to tie in with the Charlie Chan radio series then airing on the Mutual network. Chan and his son find danger and romance, respectively, while seeking smuggled silk in the North Woods of Canada. Chan investigates a locked-room mystery when a smuggling tycoon is killed by unknown means. Female private eye Keri Krane and her leg-man Andy investigate a murder involving an unfired gun. The Secret of the Smuggled Silk; The Mystery of the Phantom Killer; Charlie Chan; Anchors Aweigh; Hilly Billy; Keri Krane. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.