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Issue: Detective Picture Stories #5
Publication Date: April 1937
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Trouble by Proxy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
George E. Brenner
George E. Brenner
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
The Clock
The Clock
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FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
 
Miscellaneous
1
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
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Includes indicia.
Murder by Proxy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
The Clock
The Clock [Snowy Winters]; Chief Browser (villain, death); Clarence "Muscles" McGee (villain); Clutch (villain)
The Clock hunts down criminals who are framing him as a cruel and ruthless murderer.
Reprinting
FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as Murder by Proxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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"Snowy Winters" is the persona the Clock uses for infiltrating criminals, and no other civilian name is given.
The Case of the Missing Heir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Kane (signed)
Bob Kane (signed)
Bob Kane (signed)
Bob Kane
Subject Matter
adventure
Dr. J. R. Ferguson (death); Peterson (lawyer); Rodgers; Dorothy; John Williams; Matilda (maid); The Boss (villain); Slick Ranger (villain, make-up artist)
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.
Reprinting
FlagFunny Pages v3 #1 published February 1939
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman & Me #[nn] published January 1989
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #13 published August 2013
as The Case of the Missing Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Clues Club

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles F. Lester
Charles F. Lester
Charles F. Lester
?
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Miscellaneous
2
Create-your-own-mystery.
The Theft of the Colonel's Papers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eugene Koscik
Eugene Koscik
Eugene Koscik
?
Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
7
Pretty Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Pinajian
Arthur Pinajian
Arthur Pinajian
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
A Thurston Hunt Detective Story
Thurston Hunt
Reprinting
FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #11 published December 1938
as Pretty Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
A Chance in a Million

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William M. Allison
William M. Allison
?
?
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Miscellaneous
2
The Murder of Miser Flint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joseph Buresch
Joseph Buresch
Joseph Buresch
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Reprinting
FlagKeen Detective Funnies v1 #11 published December 1938
as The Murder of Miser Flint [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Mad Doctor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Campbell, Jr.
Joe Campbell, Jr.
Joe Campbell, Jr.
?
Subject Matter
adventure
A Red Dolan Story
Red Dolan
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Miscellaneous
7
Sapphire Seas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Captain C. W. Scott (signed)
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
In Pursuit of the Wanderer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob S. Robison
Bob S. Robison
Bob S. Robison
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Old Jacques
Old Jacques
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Miscellaneous
7
Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Claire S. Moe
Claire S. Moe
Claire S. Moe
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Mystery Funnies v1 #3[b] published December 1938
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7

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