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Issue: Detective Picture Stories #4
Publication Date: March 1937
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagComics Magazine Company
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comics Magazine Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Pre-Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Case of the 4 Haircuts

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Adventures #2 published October 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Egan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Features the full figure of the person on the cover of Detective Picture Stories #1.
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Fifty Dollar Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Toni Blossi (dead gangster); Joe Padroni
Synopsis: A kid agrees to drive a car to Chesterton, then discovers a dead gangster in the trunk. He informs the police and they prepare an ambush to catch the other gangsters.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #9 published September 1938
as Fifty Dollar Ride [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Muss 'Em Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Hammer Donovan
Character(s): Hammer Donovan; Captain Spencer; Fen Soo (Donovan's servant); Mike Moarelli (villain); Tony (villain, death); Curley [aka as Curly] (villain, death); Hophead Harry (villain)
First Line: Tony, here, is dead...
Synopsis: Hammer Donovan is called back onto the Police force, with no legal limitations, to track down a notorious killer and his gang that have been bumping off cops, and whose identity and whereabouts are being protected by the underworld.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v2 #6 published June 1939
as Muss 'Em Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #[nn] published January 1982
as Killer at Large [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #81 published January 2010
as Muss 'Em Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #13 published August 2013
as Muss 'Em Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Ride the double-action range for the best in western fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the magazines Double-Action Western and Real Western.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: The 4 aces
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8, Funny Picture Stories #4, Detective Picture Stories #3, and Western Picture Stories #1.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Jack; Mabel
First Line: Be popular... become an expert harmonica player
Synopsis: Jack wasn't invited to a party because he can't do anything and his dad suggests he learn to play the harmonica.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form for Hohner Harmonicas.
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Stand-In Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Dot Brown; Tony; Whitey Powell; Mrs. Dexter; James P. Dexter; Billings; Pat O'Day
First Line: Night life takes us to a cozy night club...
Synopsis: Dot is hired to replace a society girl, Jane Dexter.
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Pages: 7
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Kidnapped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Tom Collins (football player); Spike (gangster); Rose (gun moll)
First Line: We've just got to win that game...
Synopsis: Football player Tom Collins is kidnapped by Spike and Rose to affect the outcome of a match, but Tom feigns illness. When Spike and Rose try to drive him to a hospital Tom crashes their car, informs on them to a nearby policeman, then gets to the match in time to win the game.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #10 published November 1938
as Kidnapped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Radio Car Patrol

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Calling Car 44!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Double page spread.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Kane & Abel Private Detectives
Character(s): Kane; Abel; Stuart (dies); Parker (butler); Evelyn Latimer (actress)
First Line: OK! We'll be right over!
Synopsis: After millionaire Stuart is poisoned, Kane and Abel solve the crime, proving it was the man's nephew.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #10 published November 1938
as Kane & Abel, Private Detectives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Strangely, the nephew who commits the murder never appears in the story.
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The Case of the Four Haircuts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Clem Bowers; Donovan; Angelo; Willie; Lena; J. H. Worthington; Kreisler
First Line: It's the old army game...
Synopsis: A con man cheats a barber out of four haircuts.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: On page five a news stand has a copy of 'Funny Pages' visible.
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Sapphire Seas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): C. W. Scott [as Captain C. W. Scott]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Lauenberg; Allen Starr; Eve Foster; Mr. Foster
First Line: With the fog that settled...
Synopsis: Allen Starr is called in to investigate a shipboard murder.
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Pages: 2
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Enemy Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Darrin
Character(s): John Darrin; Brixton; The Brain; Gorilla; Rat-Face
First Line: Inspector Darrin tackled a dangerous job...
Synopsis: Inspector Darrin has to stop a plot by the mastermind known as the Brain.
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Pages: 7
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The Will of Uncle Dan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Banning (gangster); Tom (heir); Mr. Clark (Tom's boss); Captain Bangs (policeman); Mary (wealthy woman); Dan Darling (dying man); Karp; Lefty
First Line: How is he,doctor?
Synopsis: Cousins Banning and Tom head to the bedside of their dying uncle Dan. Banning tries to murder Tom so he can claim the full fortune but Tom survives the attempt, informs the police and arrives in time to keep his uncle from changing the will.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #10 published November 1938
as Will of Uncle Dan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Teen Age
First Line: Can I drive with one hand?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six one-panel cartoons about teenagers.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Big prizes
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Crowell Publishing Company and how one can win a Monark Silver King bicycle.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Brilliant with color
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8 and 9, Funny Picture Stories #4 and 5, Detective Picture Stories #3 and 4, and Western Picture Stories #1 and 2.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Factory to you
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Remington Rand typewriters.

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