Authentic Police Cases (1948) comic books 1951

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Rookie cop Bill goes up against his own uncle, a powerful crime boss, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, detectives Pete and Hugh go after the Bulletproof Bandits, who elude pursuit, resist witness description, and are seemingly immune to bullets. A judge hires private eye Vic Flint to investigate the gangland-style murder of gambler Jimmy Jerce. Cover by Baker is a reversal of the standard woman-in-jeopardy image of many crime-comics covers. Crooked Paths to Prison; Rookie Cop Traps the Kingpin of Crime; Vic Flint: The Jerce Murder; Police Valor Defies the Bulletproof Bandits. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Army investigators gather evidence against a post-WWII black market profiteer, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, Detective Logan sets out to capture a mob hitman who has never been seen or identified. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to solve a 20-year-old murder and prevent a new one. Cover by Baker. No Alibi for Cicero Sam; Army Crime Busters Corner Black Market Racketeer; Vic Flint: The Still Murder; Police Dragnet Traps the Phantom Fingerman. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $139.95 or Best Offer View scans 3.5" cumulative spine split, cover coming loose at staples, staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Bert N. Dean, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Police set a trap for the burglar known as the Tarantula, who "scrambled on all fours, spiderlike," and his redheaded accomplice, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Everyone believes Red Vance is dead after he disappears while escaping from Alcatraz, but Sergeant Daniel O'Connor knows better. Inspector Growl tells private eye Vic Flint that he's a suspect after his latest client turns up dead at the bottom of his building's elevator shaft. Cover by Baker. Odds against the Outlaws; The Trail of the Human Tarantula; Vic Flint: Pearl of Sorrow; The Killer Who Broke Alcatraz. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Inspector Joe Ballard tracks a diamond-smuggling ring, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Cop Vince takes a dangerous undercover assignment to get inside the waterfront crime gangs. Private eye Vic Flint knows that gangster Nifty Felix has fixed Battler Denver's next fight, but how can he stop it? Cover by Baker. The Killer Who Trapped Himself!; Diamonds, C.O.D. (Care of Death); Vic Flint: The Fight Fix; Police Smash Waterfront Crime Gangs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Enrico Bagnoli, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bad girl Molly Stamm is the brains behind an international market in stolen "wonder drugs," in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A major gang figure who was going to testify to a Senate committee is murdered in broad daylight on Millionaire Beach by men in scuba gear wielding spearguns. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to find out who is blackmailing wealthy industrialist AJ Mogul. Cover by Baker. Trapping the Triangle Gang; Death on Millionaires Beach; Vic Flint: Blackmailers at Work; Racketeering in Drugs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $99.00 View scan 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $99.95 or Best Offer View scan Extensive oxidation, margin chipping to entire interior. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Matt Baker, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Believing that "juvenile delinquency must be stamped out!" patrolman Bob goes undercover in the city's teen gangs, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Crooked contractors commit murder after murder to conceal the truth about the sub-standard houses they're selling to veterans, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Blonde bad girl Millie has a scheme to get her hands on the money from the bank job, even if it means turning her companions against each other, in the sort of story that a young Frank Miller's parents might have read to him at bedtime. Cover by Baker. Mystery Man of the Death House; The Moll Who Gambled on Murder; Teen-age Gangs Tangle With Cops!; Cover Up For Murder; Hit-and-Run Killer!; The Killer Who Played CORPSE. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.