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Issue: Racket Squad in Action #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #4 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Law and Order PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred V. Fago (Editor); Walter Gibson (Assistant Editor)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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In This Issue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Pencils only.
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The Spanish Prison Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The title should be "The Spanish Prisoner Racket" since the con is called the "Spanish Prisoner."
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Cold Deck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson (?)
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Gamblers Never Gamble
Character(s): Jerry Dey; Sidney Radner
Synopsis: Jasper the waiter helps gambler Jerry Day win big at the 400 Club through cold decking, substituting a rigged deck of cards for the original, while himself not dealing. He is stopped in the nick of time by the clever substitution of a third deck containing mostly Jokers.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Somewhat strangely, on being discovered Jerry says that "there's only ONE Joker allowed in a deck of cards" when in fact there are TWO Jokers in every deck. The trick -- cold decking -- gets its name from the fact that the deck that replaces the one in the game is cold from being in storage for so long. Sidney Radner was a real-life figure who authorized use of his image for this story.
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The Big Time Build-Up

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 2
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Charge It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 5
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The Spirit Photo Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Dr. Neff, the Original Ghost-Breaker
Character(s): Dr. Neff
Synopsis: Dr. William Neff, called the "Ghost-Breaker" due to his efforts to stamp out the phony spiritualist rackets, prevents a pair of swindlers from making off with an old lady's money by pretending they can call up the ghost of her late husband through trick photography.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Dr. Bill Neff was a real life magician, known for his "Madhouse of Mystery," who authorized the use of his image for this series.
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The Horse That Couldn't Lose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo
Inker(s): Frank Frollo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 5
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Rackets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Pencils only.

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