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Issue: Authentic Police Cases #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1948
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Issues: #5 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: 8 (7 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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From7
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Faces and lines of the girl goes to Lubbers, who is credited on covers for this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The Couple Who Came to Kill! (or The Case of the Whispering Bride)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Nick Rossi; Robert Rossi (poses as Nick's wife)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #18 published October 1946
was The Whispering Bride [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Red Desperado

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mallory 'Red' Kuykendall (escaped convict); R.C. Scott (Sheriff ); Fred Hunt (Warden); Bob Houston (Detective)
Synopsis: An escaped desperado is hunted by a posse of eight men with dogs.
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From Issue: FlagPunch Comics #14 published July 1945retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Faces with rounded jaws point to Ricca. Compare with his story in #3.
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Case 1: Master Forgers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Science Corners the Criminals!
Character(s): Arthur Wick (veteran forger)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTop Notch Comics #1 published December 1939
was Case 1: Master Forgers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: one of the stories that Harry Chesler brought to St. John. Original Feature title was "Manhunters"
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Two Minutes to Doom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #17 published July 1946
was Two Minutes to Doom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Murder Fumbles a Doublecross

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Patrick Carlyle (detective); Sam Brodick (crooked antique dealer); Bill Nevins
Synopsis: An antique dealer reports an emerald stolen and frames a released convict for the theft.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPunch Comics #12 published January 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Faces with pointed noses are similar to Sachs' signed story in Airboy #33.

Master Key renamed "Pat Carlyle" in this story. Some redrawing and rewriting of dialogue and 1 page edited out.
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The Phantom of Marco's Villa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Marietta; Nancy; Rebecca (housekeeper)
Synopsis: The ghost of Nancy's murdered father shows her where his money was hidden.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #18 published October 1946
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]; reworked Lady Satan story with Lady Satan renamed "Marietta"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally an untitled Lady Satan story; reworked, with Lady Satan renamed "Marietta."
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Registered for Ransom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Detective Ed Grant; Jan Cordell (murdered man); Sergeant Lacy
Synopsis: The victim was worth more alive.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPunch Comics #18 published July 1946
was Registered for Ransom [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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