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Issue: Super-Mystery Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1948
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Issues: #5 of 48 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Ace Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 7
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Aaron A. Wyn
Disclose Notes: Data for this issue may be from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index and a coverless issue.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Bert and Sue
Character(s): Bert; Sue
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The country over - here are 4 favorites!
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Pages: 1
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Murder on the Menu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Bert and Sue
Character(s): Bert; Sue; Larry Hiller; Marion Hiller; Sloan; Ed Ball
Synopsis: Larry Hiller dies at a testimonial dinner.
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In Content Item: FlagPenalty #48 published January 1956
as Too Many Suspects [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Retitled "Too Many Suspects" and modified for the Comics Code in the reprint.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Greene [as S. G.] (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Greene [as S. G.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Unknown
Character(s): Justice (narrator); James Quegg (wealthy practical joker, death); George; Alfred; Seton (death); Dawson (death)
First Line: Come, friend, the hand of Fate reaches out to balance the scales of justice.
Synopsis: Wealthy practical joker James Quegg has a party and invites people over to have a good time, but when his practical jokes begin, they evolve into something more deadly and sinister than anyone ever dreamed of......but fate catches up with him in the end.
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Pages: 10
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Secrets Behind the Bloodstains

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The importance of blood and bloodstains in solving crimes.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Mack Martin
Character(s): Mack Martin; Bill Williams; Jeri Jerome; Gertie
First Line: How does an ex-cop like Mack Martin become a private detective?
Synopsis: Mack gets involved in a case involving a jewel-theft gang.
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In Content Item: FlagPenalty #48 published January 1956
as Clue of the Counterfeit Package [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Titled "Clue of the Counterfeit Package" in reprint and modified for the Comics Code.
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The Airtight Alibi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Hurry-Up Harrigan
Character(s): Hurry-Up Harrigan; Johnson
Synopsis: Harrigan is the alibi for a suspected killer.
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery, superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Risk
Character(s): Mr. Risk; Abdul; Dr. Wagner; Chink Long; Hunchie Karlak; Flagpole Roeker; Oxie Hambro; Cry-baby; Jackie; Matt
First Line: We've caught you devils in the act at last!
Synopsis: Mr. Risk and Abdul track down a gang of narcotics thieves.
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George F. Jowett
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): George F. Jowett (photo); A. Passamont (photo); Rex Ferris (photo)
First Line: Now! All 5 famous Jowett courses in 1 complete muscle building volume!
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Bad skin?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Viderm.

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