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Issue: Authentic Police Cases #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1948
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Issues: #3 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Crime Mystery of the Month

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cardy is credited on covers on this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. A small signature on the nearest building. The signature looks like an underlined Vic or NC.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Manhunters - Guardians of the Law
First Line: Behind dark prison walls, John McGuire saw death approach...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPunch Comics #17 published April 1946
was Crime Does Not Pay [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo
Inker(s): Joey Cavallo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Scoop Daily
Character(s): Scoop Daily (American correspondent); Mark Quay (special ambassador); Winnie (Mark's niece)
First Line: Scoop Daily, American correspondent, is covering the goodwill mission to Mexico...
Synopsis: Scoop is uncovering a full fledged war in the making between the United States and Mexico.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagPunch Comics #17 published April 1946
From Content Item: FlagPunch Comics #17 published April 1946
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The faces with special hard set mouth in profile, the man with glasses, sharp eyes and the eyebrows of the females are all identical to Cavallo's signed story in Wings Comics #68. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The two faces of the bad guys on page 1 resemble Tuska's work, the face of the girl is like Cavallo and the rest of story.
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Murderer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo ?
Inker(s): Joey Cavallo ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lucky Coyne
Character(s): Lucky Coyne (the World's star reporter)
Synopsis: A man is killed for not paying his gambling debts.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #14 published October 1945
was Murderer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art much in common with the Scoop Daily story. Compare the sharp eyes and eyebrows and hard bitten mouth, and also the face of the ladies. It could be Cavallo, but a bit sharper inklines here. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The White Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gus Ricca
Inker(s): Gus Ricca
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Veiled Avenger
Character(s): The Veiled Avenger [Ginny Spears][poses as Cornelia Velvet] (the DA's secretary); Skipper (friend of Ginny Spears); Darlene Riker (death); J. A. Rockweilder (President of the Great Central Railroad); Dr. North; the District Attorney; Abner Gatthold (villain, death); Blasto (villain, death); Krigger (villain, death); Claude (villain, death)
Synopsis: The mysterious deaths of society women, all by the draining of their bodies of blood, prompts the Veiled Avenger to pose as a wealthy society dame in order to lure the perpetrators out of hiding.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #16 published April 1946
was The White Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Broad male faces looking a bit "well fed" are signs of Ricca. The only signed artwork by him are some covers that are a little different from all the storíes credited to him.
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Lessons in Larceny

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joey Cavallo ?
Inker(s): Joey Cavallo ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lucky Coyne
Character(s): Lucky Coyne (star reporter for The World); Kitty (reporter); Flora Leeds (murdered singer); Karl Hartman
First Line: A routine interview turned into a nightmare...
Synopsis: A murdered lady found in a runaway car.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #16 published April 1946
was "A routine interview turned into a nightmare..." [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Some faces with sharp eyes and long eyebrows are very similar to Cavallo's signed story in Wings Comics #69.

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