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Issue: Gangsters Can't Win #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1949
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Issues: #8 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagD.S. Publishing
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Indicia Publisher: D.S. Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Copyright 1948
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Fires of Nepal

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Jenney (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Jenney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Dick Taylor; Valcar; Rhanee; The High Lama
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Pages: 1
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The Fires of Nepal

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Jenney ?
Inker(s): Robert Jenney ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Harry; Dick Taylor; Dr. Fields [Dr. Bancroft]; Valcar; Rhanee; The High Lama
Synopsis: Dick Taylor is hired by a botanist who seeks a rare Lotus flower in Nepal.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The character Dr. Fields also introduces himself as Dr. Bancroft, most likely an error.
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Case Hardened Crime

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, romantic
Character(s): Jim Banks; Spivy Spinell; George Miller; Helen; Sawbones
Synopsis: Two men at a steel mill compete for the same woman until one of them falls into a 1700 degree hot vat of cyanide.
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Pages: 7
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Plan for Plunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Perry Sloan; John Broughton; Anne Dillon; Alexander Hancock;
Synopsis: An arsonist finds a double to take the fall for his crimes.
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Pages: 9
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Express Elevator Down!

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Rodney Graham; Taylor Prentice; Ezra Goodchild; Edythe Prentice; Johnny Carlotti; Johnson
Synopsis: An inventor sets a trap for the man who stole his invention.
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Pages: 8
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Off-Key Alibi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walter Davoren [as Davoren] (signed)
Inker(s): Walter Davoren [as Davoren] (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Crime-O-Graph Docket
Character(s): Fred H. Reeder; Arthur Brinlen; unnamed police officer
Synopsis: Readers are asked to find a clue in the story to trip up a killer.
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The Detective Drank Milk

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Jim Whalen; Ned Martin; Ward; Avery; unnamed police captain
Synopsis: A veteran detective and a rookie have different opinions on the murder or suicide of a woman.
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Highway to Nowhere

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Al Sawin; Doug; Joe; Jane; unnamed policemen
Synopsis: An embezzler finds a lookalike to be killed in a car wreck so his wife can collect the insurance money.
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Pages: 8

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