Authentic Police Cases (1948) comic books 1952

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Murderous art forgers escape from postwar Europe disguised as American soldiers, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. A clue found on a charred corpse sets police on the trail of an arsonist. Cops try to figure out who's fixing horse races by drugging the horses, but no one suspects groomer Joey. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Trigger-Squeeze Trap; Five-Alarm Torch!; 9,000 Miles to the Noose!; Daily Doubles Death Trap; The Angel Mob; Blackmail Photography. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Beautiful but evil Margo enlists crooked makeup artist Marty to help her impersonate and fleece the wealthy, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Counterfeiters abduct a retired US Treasury engraver and his wife to force him to create fake bills for them. A solve-it-yourself mystery gives the reader three suspects, and lets them figure out which one is the killer. Cover by Baker. Murder at Marsh Hollow; The Gory Twenties Trail; The Man Who Came to Murder!; Rutzie Quits the Rackets; Fifty Grand Frame-up; Jack Diamond; Murder in Mink. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Antonio Toldo and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bank teller Paul starts off with some minor embezzlement, but when his wife needs an operation, he becomes the inside man for a gang of bank robbers. On the run from the Mob for crossing them, Danny realizes the safest place is prison. Model "Broadway Betty" realizes she can make a lot more money as the face of a jewelry-theft gang. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Murder Picks a Loser; I Turned to Crime; Murder Knocks at Cell No. 5; Broadway Betty; Gangland versus Willie Reuther; Smuggling Human Cargo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $45.00 View scans Water saturation.	Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1462523008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $69.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple, glue spots along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Antonio Canale, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Hijack Mac Jones lives up to his name as his gang of road agents targets the trucking industry. The Camouflage Killers raid hotel suites in 1950s New York. Modern-day pirates target the luxury yachts cruising the Florida west coast jungle waterways , leading to an Everglades Manhunt. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Double Dynamite; Hijack; The Criminals Law of Averages; Murder Masks a Black Market; The Camouflage Killers; Everglades Manhunt. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Al Tyler, Bob Forgione and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. A comics biography of notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, who supposedly said he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Also, a short text piece on the forty-year long career of Sutton. Ex-GI McKay, in Paris on the GI Bill, gets involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds into the US. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Willie Suttons Worst Enemy - Himself; Willie Suttons Career in Crime; Diamonds Can Kill! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Antonio Toldo, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. After Red Daughterty goes to the chair, his son "Little Danny" grows up hating the law, and determined to strike back at the world. A killer and his surviving victim tell different stories as to whether the killing was self-defense or murder. A stolen-goods fence becomes a powerful crimelord by turning compulsive gamblers into his patsies. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Lost River Manhunt; Killers Son; Manslaughter or Murder?; The Fence; Flaming Terror; Apprentice in Crime; Fun Time. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Edd Ashe, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. After a robbery turns into murder, insurance investigator Morris discovers evidence of a gambling problem and an inside job. Dockside punk Danny gets out of prison, and soon he's the leader of a waterfront gang. Crooks running a "punchboard" scam, a popular pre-digital gaming system, prey on families of overseas soldiers. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Set-up For Robbery; The Pier Gang; Murder by Accident; Top This / The Lighter Side; Punchboard Profit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Honest police chief Dolan tries to get the goods on Anders and Barret, the corrupt power-brokers who run Haynes City. In prison, cellmates Maline and Hermos develop a deadly rivalry, and when Hermos maneuvers his way to parole, Maline swears to get him. In a story that's a product of its times, Shag and his gang begin targeting milkmen on their early-morning delivery routes. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Devils Partners; Cell Mates; Arson Is Hard to Prove; Hotel Theft; Lighter Side; Have You Heard This One?; The Dawn Gang. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.