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Issue: Detective Picture Stories #5
Publication Date: April 1937
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
Title:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William Cook ?
Disclose Notes: Vol. 1, No. V. DETECTIVE Picture STORIES is published monthly by Comics Magazines Co., Inc., 1213 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Editorial office 11 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Trouble by Proxy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Clock
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes indicia.
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Murder by Proxy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Clock [Snowy Winters]; Chief Browser (villain, death); Clarence "Muscles" McGee (villain); Clutch (villain)
First Line: The Clock comes into the picture to clear up a frame.
Synopsis: The Clock hunts down criminals who are framing him as a cruel and ruthless murderer.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as Murder by Proxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: "Snowy Winters" is the persona the Clock uses for infiltrating criminals, and no other civilian name is given.
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The Case of the Missing Heir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. J. R. Ferguson (death); Peterson (lawyer); Rodgers; Dorothy; John Williams; Matilda (maid); The Boss (villain); Slick Ranger (villain, make-up artist)
First Line: The scene is the palatial but somewhat drab mansion...
Synopsis: John Williams inherits a fortune from his uncle, unaware that clever criminals have secured the services of a make-up artist, who will pose as Williams and take over the fortune.
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In Content Item: FlagFunny Pages v3 #1 published February 1939
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman & Me #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1989
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #13 published August 2013
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Clues Club

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Create-your-own-mystery.
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The Theft of the Colonel's Papers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Colonel Liverwurst; Deadpan Hogan; Old Arachno
First Line: On a cold winter's morning...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Koscik signs in the final panel.
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Pretty Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Thurston Hunt; Doris Jones; Gordon Jones
First Line: Good gosh!
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #11 published December 1938
as Pretty Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: For this story only, the Feature Logo is "A Thurston Hunt Detective Story".
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A Chance in a Million

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A two page spread.
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The Murder of Miser Flint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Miser Flint; Martha; Sheriff MacKenna
First Line: So ye like our town, eh, mister?
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #11 published December 1938
as The Murder of Miser Flint [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Mad Doctor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Red Dolan; Reilly; Leonard
First Line: Whew! It's cold!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: For this story only, the Feature Logo is "A Red Dolan Story".
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Sapphire Seas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Captain C. W. Scott (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as R.A.R.] (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? [as R.A.R.] (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Andy Lauenberg; Allen Starr; Miss Foster
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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In Pursuit of the Wanderer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Old Jacques
Character(s): Old Jacques
First Line: Old Jazques has pursued the Wanderer for years...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Robison signs in the second panel of the final page.
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Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sam; Red; Mary
First Line: Well, Red, my wife gave up her teachin'...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Mystery Funnies v1 #3[b] published December 1938
as Pal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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