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Issue: Crime Detective Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #4 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1950
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1950, page 187, registration number B256193.
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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True Crime-Smashing Expose

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Glows in the dark lucky skull ring
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Montrose Co.
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Big Steve's Navy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Big Steve Larson; Slim; Hal Warner; Brady
Synopsis: Big Steve Larson gets tired of the small percentage he makes for smuggling and decides to take over the mob.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Now I Can Die Easy...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Louie; Slug; Benny Asley; Joe Felton; Min; Timmy Felton; Alfred Van Cleef; Mrs. Van Cleef
Synopsis: Crooks take care of a dead partner's son.
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In Content Item: FlagB. Krigstein Comics #[nn] published July 2004
as Now I Can Die Easy... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMessages in a Bottle: Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein #[nn] published April 2013
as Now I Can Die Easy... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Strangely, this story is only partly done in Leroy stencils, and partly hand-lettered.
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Automatic Paydays

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Russell Ames; Mr. Eldridge; Painless Proctor; Jack Smith; Duke; Milt Haffner; Jugger Benson
Synopsis: Sheriff Ames gets a group of citizens to provide a gauntlet the next time a gang of crooks try robbing the bank.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Mail order guide
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A page of ads from Novelty Mart, Ballco Products, Montrose; Theodore Henry, and Stravon Publishers.
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Silk Langdon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Silk Langdon Moore; Henry
Synopsis: Silk Langdon plans to rob the Concord Bank in broad daylight.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Uses Leroy lettering.
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Stella and Her Fella

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mushy Pollock; Professor Sykes; Stella Grady; Rex Parker
Synopsis: Mushy Pollock has a plan for reselling postage stamps.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Boston Turkey Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Zep Lightfoot; Emmy Lightfoot; Dr. Joseph Greene; Professor Clinton; Gerald; Grimes
Synopsis: Dr. Greene hounds Professor Clinton for the money owed him, then disappears.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Story continues after ad page.
Again partly hand- and Leroy-lettered.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn to dance in 5 days or pay nothing!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: After page 3 of The Boston Turkey Case.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The comics that always win the pennant!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Before page 4 of The Boston Turkey Case.

Promo for Airboy Comics, Crime Detective Comics, Dead-Eye Western Comics, Pirates Comics, Real Clue Crime Stories, and Western Fighters Comics.
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The Very Busy Dead Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Baron of Hamburg; Willi Schultz; Ernst; Johann
Synopsis: A crime boss dies, but he leaves instructions for his gang to follow after his death.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Signature on second-to-last panel on page 8.

Uses Leroy lettering.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Send now fun for all
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Gigantic nationwide sale buy direct and save on guaranteed jewelry
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Rings, watches, and binoculars from Rocket Wholesale Company.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Larry Campbell (photo); Rex Ferris (photo); George F. Jowett; Joe
First Line: Which of these 2 one time weaklings paid only a few cents to become an 'all-around' he-man at home?
Synopsis: Joe improves his life with the Jowett bodybuilding system.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dollar Mystery Guild
First Line: $10.00 value mystery novels free with membership in the Dollar Mystery Guild
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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