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Issue: Crime Patrol #9
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #9 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: I. C. Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/09/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1948, page 173, registration number B153204.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover and interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig
Inker(s): Johnny Craig
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #9 published April 1949
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #3 published June 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Murder By Appointment!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Penciller(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Craig (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ?
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): The Slaughter Syndicate
Character(s): unnamed Policemen; Big George Gurnsey (villain, death); Scar Ralston (villain, death); The Slaughter Syndicate [Lew; Mike] (villains); Slim Daggett (villain); Mac (villain); Lefty (villain)
Synopsis: The Syndicate members spot a wealthy guy and decide to roll him for his dough. Once done, they discover they just killed an infamous gangster. Turning, they are confronted by another thug, enemy of Big George, named Ralston, who hires the syndicate members to work for him as executioners. He sends them out to kill Slim Daggett, who, in turn, offers Lew and Mike $5000 to rub out Ralston, which they do. The gang of Lew, Mike and Slim now plan to rub out crooks named Mac and Lefty, but are captured by the Police on a routine card game raid!
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #3 published June 2000
as The Slaughter Syndicate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

The Murder Syndicate is said in the story to be one of the predecessors to Murder, Incorporated.
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The Grotto of the Green Stone Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Ann Brewster
Inker(s): Ann Brewster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Madelon
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #3 published June 2000
as The Grotto of the Green Stone Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Crooked as a Corkscrew

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #3 published June 2000
as Crooked as a Corkscrew! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Double-crossed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein
Inker(s): Al Feldstein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrime Patrol #3 published June 2000
as Double-Crossed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: In his biography, "Al Feldstein: Mad Life ..." (2013), Feldstein says this is the first EC story that he wrote.

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