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Issue: The World Around Us #6
Publication Date: February 1959
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Issues: #6 of 36 Issues
Title: The Illustrated Story of the FBI
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
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Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1958
Volume:
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 20 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Illustrated Story of the FBI

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Special Introductory Offer

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Character(s): Moses; Three Wise Men; launch pad workers; American Indian; British soldier; colonials; Theodore Roosevelt
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The Illustrated Story of the FBI

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The FBI in War

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): F.B.I. agents; Coast Guardsmen; Nazi saboteurs; J. Edgar Hoover
Synopsis: An alert Coast Guardsman, and a turncoat saboteur, help the F.B.I. to quickly capture two teams of saboteurs.
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Double Agents

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Genres: espionage, historical, military, non-fiction
Character(s): ND98; Nazi spymasters; F.B.I. agents
Synopsis: Sent as a Nazi spy to the Americas, ND98 defects and works spreading disinformation as a double agent with the F.B.I.
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The Doll Woman

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Genres: espionage, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Doll Woman; doll collector; F.B.I. agents
Synopsis: The "Doll Woman," who operates a doll shop, acts as an agent for the Japanese in World War II.
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The Spy Scientists

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Character(s): English physicist [apparently Klaus Fuchs]; chemist [apparently Harry Gold]; F.B.I. agents
Synopsis: F.B.I. investigations lead them to uncover and arrest two spies giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
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How It Began

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Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Theodore Roosevelt; Charles J. Bonaparte; Harlan Fiske Stone; J. Edgar Hoover; Franklin D. Roosevelt; criminals; Ku Klux Klan members; F.B.I. agents; Communist spies; American Nazis
Synopsis: Theodore Roosevelt creates a body of federal investigators to deal with encroachments onto public lands. This group evolves into the modern professionalized F.B.I., largely under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover.
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G-Men

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Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): F.B.I. agents; Machine-Gun Kelly
Synopsis: When captured by agents, Kelly gives them the nickname G-Men [Government Men].
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The FBI in Peace

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Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Oilman; wife; kidnapers; F.B.I. agents
Synopsis: F.B.I. men investigate a kidnaping, arresting the criminals.
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Wanted

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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): John Dillinger; F.B.I. agents; police; informer; woman in red
Synopsis: John Dillinger conducts a state-by-state spree of bank robbery and crime. The F.B.I. pursues him, locates him with the help of an informer, and kills him in a gunfight.
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Playing Many Parts

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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): F.B.I. agents; banker; race track fans; race track clerks; cowboys; Osage Indians
Synopsis: In pursuit and investigation of criminals, agents need to adopt many roles and personae.
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Solved by Science

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Genres: crime, espionage, non-fiction
Character(s): Joe; police; doctor; farmer; killer; hit-and-run driver; drunks; bartender; arsonist; ex-convict; Eskimo (Inuit); spies; F.B.I. agents
Synopsis: The F.B.I. uses numerous scientific approaches to examine and evaluate evidence.
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Telltale Fingerprints

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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): F.B.I. agents; banker; kidnapers
Synopsis: Fingerprinting helps the F.B.I. identify many criminals, and solve many crimes.
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If You Join

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Bill Jones; Alice Jones; doctor; mailman; trainees; F.B.I. trainers
Synopsis: Dramatization of a candidate's process through F.B.I. selection and training.
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Make-Believe Cases

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Character(s): Trainees; crime lab scientists; F.B.I. trainers
Synopsis: Agents in training run through numerous simulations.
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To Catch a Thief

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Genres: crime, espionage, non-fiction
Character(s): F.B.I. agents; police; gunmen; burglars
Synopsis: Procedures and equipment that the F.B.I. uses (or teaches local police to use) in pursuit of criminals and spies.
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You’re an Agent

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Campers
Synopsis: Young campers use F.B.I. techniques to discover who stole their hidden cake.
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The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales

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Character(s): Geppetto; Pinocchio; Thumbelina; Three Bears; Steadfast Tin Soldier
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First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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