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Category: crime comic

September 1954 issue – cover art by Matt Baker

September 1954, no.35 issue

cover art by Matt Baker

October 07, 2013

Posted on May 22, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags authentic police cases comic, matt baker, rooftopLeave a comment on September 1954 issue – cover art by Matt Baker

1966 Gold Key comic, issue #1

1966 Gold Key comic, issue #1

Posted on May 15, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime comic, government agent, western fictionTags gold key comic, robert conrad, ross martin, secret service, sword, wild wild westLeave a comment on 1966 Gold Key comic, issue #1

Dames Don’t Care! x 4

1937 Collins hardcover, author’s 3rd crime novel and 3rd with Lemmy Caution, tough US G-man

cover art by John Pisani

October 02, 2013

1951 Collins reissue

1939 Coward-McCann US edition

another source lists this as the 1953 Dodd Mead US edition

Posted on May 13, 2025April 26, 2025Categories british pulp, crime comic, mystery, pulpTags collins hardcover, dame, john pisano, peter cheyney, woman with a gun1 Comment on Dames Don’t Care! x 4

panels and plates from Jim Steranko’s Chandler story, “Red Tide”

October 06, 2013

Posted on May 12, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime comic, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, jim steranko, philip marlowe, private eye, raymond chandler, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on panels and plates from Jim Steranko’s Chandler story, “Red Tide”

Shock SuspenStories #16 (EC, 1954) – George Evans cover

Shock SuspenStories #16 (EC, 1954) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (C-1) Off-white to white pages. George Evans cover.

Posted on May 11, 2025April 14, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags george evans, shock suspense stories comicLeave a comment on Shock SuspenStories #16 (EC, 1954) – George Evans cover

1950 EC comic, #2 – cover art by Johnny Craig

1950 EC comic, #2

cover art by Johnny Craig

Posted on May 11, 2025April 14, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags blackjack, bound, brass knuckles, crime suspenstories, johnny craig, sapLeave a comment on 1950 EC comic, #2 – cover art by Johnny Craig

1953 Harvey comic – cover art by Lee Elias

1953 Harvey comic

cover art by Lee Elias

Posted on May 10, 2025May 8, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, weird fictionTags black cat mystery comic, lee eliasLeave a comment on 1953 Harvey comic – cover art by Lee Elias

On the Case

September 28, 2013

Posted on May 6, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime comic, jokeTags daffy duck, porky pig, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on On the Case

January 1950 UK issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

January 1950 UK issue

cover art by Joseph Szokoli

same cover art and month as the US edition

Posted on May 1, 2025April 14, 2025Categories british pulp, crime comic, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dressing table, herb smith, hollywood detective magazine, joseph szokoli, robert leslie bellemLeave a comment on January 1950 UK issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

1954 EC comic – cover art by Johnny Craig

1954 EC comic, #21

cover art by Johnny Craig

Posted on April 28, 2025April 6, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, weird fictionTags crime suspenstories, dame, femme fatale, grave, johnny craigLeave a comment on 1954 EC comic – cover art by Johnny Craig

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