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Issue: Who Is Next? #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
 
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Issues: #5 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Publication listed as quarterly (however, only one issue was printed)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover page reflects Mad Killers Menace Our Safety - Who is Next?, followed by "Don't Let Me Kill!"
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The Crushed Gardenia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alexander Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alexander Toth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Alexander Toth ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The story of Johnny Faber: a young man who "had no control of his rages". Turned down by his girl Ellie, Johnny kills her in a jealous fit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeduction of the Innocent #3 published December 1985
as The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBuried Treasure #1 published January 1986
as The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGenius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn] published April 2011
as The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSetting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] published August 2011
as The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1579 or B-1379
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Signal 32

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Synopsis: Signal 32 on police radio means: "All cars proceed with caution".
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: B-1311
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Don't Let Me Kill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The story of Alex Vorple: The ugly teen-age boy is driven to murder. Hearing voices, Alex feels compelled to drown his inferiority complex by killing girls.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1369
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Crazy Carl

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. Hendryx
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Two unscrupulous businessmen murder "Crazy Carl", a hermit who won't sell them his house on the hill. Police catch the killers because Carl whittled their faces into pieces of wood.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Destroyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The story of Walter Graves: a war-traumatized veteran who breaks down and goes on a killing spree, taking four innocent lives.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1417
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Murder by Moonlight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Aldo Rubano ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: A serial robber and killer who strikes only in moonlit nights is finally caught.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1415
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Death on a Dark Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Ross Andru
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The story of Herbert Cole: a paranoiac who turns killer when his fiancée leaves him for another man. After a second murder attempt he is trapped by the police - and jumps to his own death.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1398

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