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Issue: Shocking Mystery Cases #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #56 of 11 Issues
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Publisher: FlagStar Publications
Brand: A Star ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Star Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: Shocking Mystery Cases is published quarterly by Star Publications, Inc. at 8 Lord Street, Buffalo 10, N.Y. Editorial Office: 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N.Y. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Buffalo, N.Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. copyright 1953 by STAR Publications, Inc. Price 10c per copy, 12 issues $1.20. All character and incidents described or depicted in stories except those based on history or fact are fictitious and any similarity to person sliving or dead is purely coincidental. No. 56 Oct 1953.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Chase!!

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Disclose Notes: Text reads: He was relentlessly sought by the police for his crime. He was hunted by his murderous henchmen for his double-cross. No avenue of escape was open to him. He desperately tried to elude retribution, but became a victim of his own greed, in...
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The Chase..!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Finsten A. Yohl; Chesley; Mr. Granitt; Matt Browder; Benny; Chedwick; Ape; Fred; Warden
Synopsis: Accountant Finsten Yohl steals from racketeer Matt Browder, but can't escape both the police and Browder's henchmen.
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Death On Broadway..

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Character(s): Milton Shaket; John Reilly; Benjamin [Red] Stein; Solly Moss; Samuel Hopkins; Morris Burnstein; Arthur Green; Thomas Colgan; John Healy; Louis Fields; Police Commissioner Wallander; Deputy Chief Inspector Conrad Rothengast; Lt. Walter Henning
Synopsis: Three outlaws shoot Solly Moss while robbing the Mayfair Bar. Two are captured and sentenced to death, the third is never caught.
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Wicked Cheat...

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Character(s): Lina Vanishyn [Rose Longo]; Pete; Lon; Mrs. Bishoff; Jan Kuppel
Synopsis: Immigrant Lina Vanishyn quits her job at a diner and joins Pete and Lon in a confidence racket. Pete and Lon furnish her with an unknown drug that makes her victims agree to whatever she suggests.
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From Content Item: FlagCrimes by Women #14 published August 1950
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The Hand of Crime...

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Character(s): Henry Lee Victor [Hank; Harry G. Benedict]; [Red] Victor; Beth; Sam Casper
Synopsis: Hank Victor finds he is unable to use his right hand after shooting his brother, Red, unless he keeps it concealed in a black silk glove.
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From Content Item: FlagFamous Crimes #17 published May 1950
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