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Issue: Spook #22
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #22 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): L. B. Cole
Disclose Notes: Spook Detective Cases on cover only; indicia reads Spook.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagPS Artbooks Softee: Spook #1 published May 2022
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The Headless Horror

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. B. Cole (signed)
Inker(s): L. B. Cole
Colorist(s): L. B. Cole
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror, mystery
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Hanging" cover.
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Headless Horror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield?
Inker(s): Ken Battefield?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sergeant Spook
Synopsis: Boy sleuth Jerry and his partner Captain Spook (a ghost of a policeman), try to solve the mystery of the Headless Horseman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt v6 #8 [64] published March 1946
was Headless Horseman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Headless Horseman!"
Cover story.
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The Sensitive Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): A True Crime Story
Character(s): Johnny Burro
Synopsis: A gangster with bad feet is trailed by cops who track him down after finding a pair of his special therapeutic shoes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSpectacular Stories Magazine #3 published September 1950
was Six Feet Under [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Six Feet Under".
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Crazy to Kill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The murder of a crime boss by one of his own men is solved by sheriff Ben Higgins.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFamous Crimes #10 published June 1949
was The Shattered Alibi [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Shattered Alibi."
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Double Cross to Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: A kid tries to warn a gangster that rival gangsters will kill him in his own apartment, but he won't listen.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrime Incorporated #2 published August 1950
was Smart Guy [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Smart Guy."
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Her Face of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: An old woman that runs a beauty salon fleeces her clients by burning their faces with acid and robbing them of their jewels.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrimes by Women #6 published April 1949
was Madame Rachel [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Madame Rachel." Completely new first page here. Acid in face story.

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