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Issue: Authentic Police Cases #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1948
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Lubbers
Bob Lubbers
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Faces and lines of the girl goes to Lubbers, who is credited on covers for this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The Couple Who Came to Kill! (or The Case of the Whispering Bride)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Nick Rossi; Robert Rossi (poses as Nick's wife)
Reprinting
FlagRed Seal Comics #18 published October 1946
was The Whispering Bride [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Red Desperado

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gus Ricca
Gus Ricca
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Mallory 'Red' Kuykendall (escaped convict); R.C. Scott (Sheriff ); Fred Hunt (Warden); Bob Houston (Detective)
An escaped desperado is hunted by a posse of eight men with dogs.
Reprinting
FlagPunch Comics #14 published July 1945retitled
 
Miscellaneous
6
Faces with rounded jaws point to Ricca. Compare with his story in #3.
Case 1: Master Forgers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Science Corners the Criminals!
Arthur Wick (veteran forger)
Reprinting
FlagTop Notch Comics #1 published December 1939
was Case 1: Master Forgers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
one of the stories that Harry Chesler brought to St. John. Original Feature title was "Manhunters"
Two Minutes to Doom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
FlagRed Seal Comics #17 published July 1946
was Two Minutes to Doom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Murder Fumbles a Doublecross

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Leonard Starr ?
Bernard Sachs
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Patrick Carlyle (detective); Sam Brodick (crooked antique dealer); Bill Nevins
An antique dealer reports an emerald stolen and frames a released convict for the theft.
Reprinting
FlagPunch Comics #12 published January 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Faces with pointed noses are similar to Sachs' signed story in Airboy #33.

Master Key renamed "Pat Carlyle" in this story. Some redrawing and rewriting of dialogue and 1 page edited out.
The Phantom of Marco's Villa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Ralph Mayo
?
?
Subject Matter
crime, occult
Marietta; Nancy; Rebecca (housekeeper)
The ghost of Nancy's murdered father shows her where his money was hidden.
Reprinting
FlagRed Seal Comics #18 published October 1946
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]; reworked Lady Satan story with Lady Satan renamed "Marietta"
 
Miscellaneous
6
Originally an untitled Lady Satan story; reworked, with Lady Satan renamed "Marietta."
Registered for Ransom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Detective Ed Grant; Jan Cordell (murdered man); Sergeant Lacy
The victim was worth more alive.
Reprinting
FlagPunch Comics #18 published July 1946
was Registered for Ransom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1

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