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Issue: Keen Detective Funnies #6
Publication Date: June 1939
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Issues: #6 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/28/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 416822.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Pyramid of Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dean Denton
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pyramid of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dean Denton
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Forsyth; Sergeant MacLean
First Line: Bixby...Bixby!!!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dan Dennis; Inspector Joe Tickner; Chop Quiderio (villain); Achmet (villain, huge giant)
First Line: Washington-Centre of the nation's crime-fighting machine......
Synopsis: Dan is sent to New York to break up a dangerous dope ring and discovers an old smuggling racketeer posing as a fortune teller....and he smells a rat!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #13 published August 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Printed in black and white.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Crane
First Line: Inspector Crane speaking...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMasked Marvel #2 published October 1940
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Printed in duotone.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dan Dix
First Line: As the first rays of the morning sun...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Printed in duotone.
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Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dave Dean; Shorty
Synopsis: Dave and Shorty run into smugglers while fishing for sharks.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFunny Pages v2 #3 published November 1937
was Shark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Racing Against Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Capt. Steve Ransom
Character(s): Captain Steve Ransom
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantoman #3 published October 1940
as Racing Against Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Printed in black and white.
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Murder Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Boomerang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Mr. Lewis; Jake; Billy
First Line: Boys, if we don't git back them stolen cows, I'm ruint!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v2 #2 published October 1937
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Printed in duotone.
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Muss 'Em Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Hammer Donovan
Character(s): Hammer Donovan; Captain Spencer; Fen Soo (Donovan's servant); Mike Morelli (villain); Tony (villain, death); Curley [aka as Curly] (villain, death); Hophead Harry (villain)
First Line: Tony, here, is dead...
Synopsis: Hammer Donovan is called back onto the Police force, with no legal limitations, to track down a notorious killer and his gang that have been bumping off cops, and whose identity and whereabouts are being protected by the underworld.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Picture Stories #4 published March 1937
was Muss 'Em Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Slight Error

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Neil "Lucky" Coyne; Mike McDune; Killer Sloane; Dr. Samuel Brown
First Line: A fine way to look for a bunch o' murders!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFunny Picture Stories v2 #1 published September 1937
was A Slight Error [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagLittle Giant Comics #1 published July 1938
was A Slight Error [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gabby Flynn
First Line: I'm kind to dumb animals...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantoman #2 published August 1940
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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J. Edgar Hoover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fact page.

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