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Issue: Gang Busters #9
Publication Date: April 1949
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Issues: #9 of 67 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/07/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Lady Cop!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
Inker(s): Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
Colorist(s): Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
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Genres: crime
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Now More Than Ever

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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I Smashed the Double Indemnity Racket!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Fischetti
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Joe Quigley; Red Murphy; Mrs. Carlisle; Jans Hoffman; Otis Honeywood; Jefferson Hake
Synopsis: Joe Quigley and Red Murphy track down a gang of murderers who fake accidents for the insurance money.
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum
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Harbor Cop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Special Crime Feature
Character(s): Sgt. Bill McGowan
Synopsis: Sgt. McGowan is a harbor cop and goes undercover to catch a smuggling ring.
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Feature(s): Kolynos
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I Am a Bodyguard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Gang Buster Special Thriller
Character(s): Steve Hagerty; John Hagerty; Reagan; Jean Ray; Roy Breck
Synopsis: Steve Hagerty becomes a body guard after his father, a politician, is gunned down on the campaign trail.
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The Case of the High Diver!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Perfect Crime Mystery
Character(s): Vance Crawley; Diane; Jimmy Ross
Synopsis: Crawley kills Jimmy Ross but can the cops figure it out?
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Editorial Advisory Board

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...Charity Racketeer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Evans
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): An Expose from the D. A.'s Files
Character(s): Jack Kaler; Assistant District Attorney Frederick Forrester; Mrs. Peattie; Thornton; Griffin; Adolphe; Patrolman Albert Fremont; Inspector O'Donnell
Synopsis: Jack Kaler runs cons across the country collecting for fake charities until he is caught and found guilty.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990).
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): The Grapevine
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Want Mystery? Want Action?

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Feature(s): Mr. District Attorney; Boy Commandos
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Lady Cop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Evans
Penciller(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Barry (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A Police at Work Feature
Character(s): Officer Joan Jennings; Jet Randolph; Chief Olsen; Belle Bradley
Synopsis: Joan Jennings leaves the Waves after the war and becomes a police officer.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990).
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Rope 'Em Both, Partner!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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