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Issue: Headline Comics #4 (70) Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1955
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Issues: #4 (70) of 77 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: Prize Group
Indicia Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 10
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Roller Derby Racketeers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, sports
First Line: Her skate came off!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover leads directly to first page of first interior story.
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The Roller Derby Racketeers

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Genres: mystery, sports
Synopsis: Gamblers fix roller derby contests by having the favored team lose.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues from the cover scene.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Closeups
Synopsis: Five short articles concerning various aspects of crimes and police work.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text with illustrated border
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Smart Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: A mentally-deficient man gets in a street brawl and is jailed. While in jail, a small-time hood uses him to escape and forces him to help him commit robberies.
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Pages: 4.5
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Matchbook

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Article on how a matchbook found in a comic book helped track down a man who committed a murder in New Mexico.
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Pages: 1
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Face of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): Lieutenant Cooper (death); un-named jewelry store employee (death); Brad Aken (villain, prospector, death); Arthur Duneen [aka Phil Anderson; aka Brad Aken] (villain, actor, death); Barton [aka Joe Smith] (villain, Duneen's partner/valet, death)
Synopsis: Arthur Duneen, a master of disguise, uses his talents to commit crimes in the city. When the heat is on, he and an accomplice flee to Nevada, but find the police still on their trail. In a calculated move, Duneen assumes the guise of a supposed prospector, and unexpectantly meets his end.
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In Content Item: FlagOut of the Shadows #[nn] published June 2012
as Face of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Jim Vandeboncoeur, Jr. reports that the inks for this story are by George Roussos. Originally credited to Mort Meskin.
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Flames of Destruction!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): Dave Marshall (newspaper reporter, Clyde's brother); un-named doctor; Nicky (death); Kathy (Nicky's wife, death); Sanders (Policeman); Clyde Marshall (villain, drug racketeer, death)
Synopsis: A stockbroker smuggles drugs as a sideline to get money to impress a woman. He gets caught and the woman marries his assistant. The man breaks out of prison and gets revenge on the pair, but is trapped and killed himself.
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Pages: 5.88
Disclose Notes: Last panel of story is an ad from National Name Plates in Watertown, Massachusetts, encouraging readers to contact their company and sell their personalized name plates in order to earn extra money.

Jim Vandeboncoeur, Jr. reports that the inks for this story possibly are by George Roussos. Originally credited to Mort Meskin only.

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