Headline Comics (1943 Prize) comic books 1952

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Jack Abel, Marvin Stein and Mart Bailey. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. An informant struggles to stay alive long enough to spill all he knows. A man murders his successful twin brother and takes his place. A forger finds success in faking passports for fugitives, until one of them fingers him. King Of The Stool Pigeons!; I Murdered Myself!; Passport to The Grave!; Hitchhike Killer; Closeups; Scheduled To Die! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters take over a steel factory; A failing farmer turns his land into a successful gangster hideout; A woman tracks her counterfeiter husband around the world for revenge. Also featuring a PSA about teen drug abuse, similar to other anti-drug literature of the era. The Hideout Racket; Voyage of Vengeance; Telltale Match; You Only Die Once; Dope, Teen-Age Menace; Closeups; Coffin for a Killer. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Costain's father gets him involved with arson, explosions, and murder. Ganglord Mart, who looks like Daddy Warbucks crossed with Lex Luthor, tries to take out rival mobsters. A man waits 25 years to prove his uncle killed his father. The Business Buccaneers; The Perfect Master-Mind; Initial Loss; Getaway; Closeups; The Accusing Corpse. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Johnny's murder-for-hire gang stays one step ahead of the cops, until it doesn't. A man tries to frame his partner for attempted murder, so his own murder looks like self-defense. A prank destroys a man's life when he thinks he committed a murder. Homicide Peddlers; Dirt Cheap; Shadow of the Gallows; Closeups; Twice Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A pickpocket gets the idea to make money shaking down other pickpockets; Crooks try to use a man's knowledge of the city's tunnel system; An escaped killer hides out in the swamp and meets a man who knows the safe places. The Grab-Bag King; Mr. Underground; Turnabout; Closeups; Death in the Swamp. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops use technology to track down dealers in black-market medicines; An ex-con goes to work for a crooked charity run by mobsters; G-men track murdering train robbers for five years. The Charity Chiselers!; Closeups; An Eye for an Eye!; Shoe Tipoff; The Has-Been!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.