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Issue: Crime Detective Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #5 of 32 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Okay, Maestro...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Shakedown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Thomas Goudie; Shigley; Clincher; Burges
First Line: Five more minutes and I'll collect my pay...
Synopsis: A true story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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King of the Crimps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Shanghai Kelley
Character(s): Shanghai Kelley; Slug; Bull; Bert Sanders
First Line: Ahoy! Gimme some service, mate!
Synopsis: The true story of Shanghai Kelley.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The surname is spelt 'Kelley' in the story title, but 'Kelly' throughout.
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The Man Who Always Used His Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Goat Riley
Character(s): Goat Riley; Gilligan
Synopsis: A true story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Confidence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Louie Manners; Ray "The Count" Lowry; Grayson
First Line: Looks like they flew the coop!
Synopsis: A true story.
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Pages: 7
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The Wise Beast of Gevaudan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): King Louis XV
First Line: Our scene is a French forest...
Synopsis: A true story.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Stickup Artist

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): McQueen; Mrs. McQueen; Rawson; Postal Inspector Cleary; Harry Thomas
First Line: McQueen the switchman...
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Pages: 2
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Welcoming Capt. Collins to Plainsville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Keller (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Keller (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Rosebud Sisters
Character(s): The Rosebud Sisters [Tabitha; Birdie]; Captain Collins; Martha
First Line: Just think, Tabby...
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Inside Man
Character(s): Joe (crook)
First Line: Gosh! I just can't open it!
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Pages: 1
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The River Rats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Fran Harris; Pete; Red; Sandy Gerson
First Line: That's me...Fran Harris...
Synopsis: A true story.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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