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Issue: Headline Comics #2 (26) Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #2 (26) of 77 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: A Prize Publication
Indicia Publisher: American Boys' Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Why not play the funeral march, Maxie?!
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover ad for a cure for Bad Skin.
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The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Martin A. Bursen ? (see notes)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Martin A. Bursen is credited as a former Police Reporter on the splash page, but the story reads very much like Kirby writing. Bursen may have assisted Kirby with technical information for the story.
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You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: True facts behind the escape and recapture of Volney Davis.
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Pages: 6
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Test of Death

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 4
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The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 8
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These Are the Guilty!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Justice Traps the Guilty.
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On the Spot

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Beyond The Law

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 7
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Bullets For The Bogus G-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The untold inside story of the fake income tax racket.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Red" Blaze is presented as a "special investigator" for Headline Comics.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for "commander" waist slimmer.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for book "How to Get Along with Girls".
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for sewing machine.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Backcover ad for Charles Atlas.

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