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Issue: Crime Detective Comics #2 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1950
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1950, page 36, registration number B237702.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Subject Matter
crime
Benny
Pssst, Benny - a cop!!
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Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Later redrawn for Streamline's Secret Missions #1 (1951).
Can you solve this crime?

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Subject Matter
mystery
Martin Jefferson; Elmira Flynn; William Adams; Gertrude La Rue; Mazie Curtis
Find the hidden clue? Identify the finger print?
Who killed Martin Jefferson? Use the clues, identify the killer and send the form to the Institute of Applied Science.
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Interior front cover advertisement for a copy of the Blue Book of Crime with listings of more than 800 Identification Bureaus employing Institute of Applied Science graduates.
The Bull Gets Wings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
aviation, crime
Bull Mason
Jesse Erskine; Bull Mason; Trent; Nick Sabin; George Moore; Mike Blaine; Callahan; Bruiser; Saunders; Knight
He had tried every trick that would make a dishonest dollar on the ground, so it was only natural that Bull Mason would eventually take to the air...
Bull Mason decides to use an airplane dropping bombs in his protection racket.
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Lock of Hair

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Subject Matter
crime
Professor Zeigler; Dr. Willie Schmidt; Dr. Anna Kopf
Some of the most ingenious crimes are nipped by the police even before they get started...
In 1920's Vienna the police receive a hank of woman's hair and a note saying, "Stop me, fools... if you can. Ha! Ha!"
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Uses Leroy lettering.
The Man with the Firestick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, crime, jungle
Dirk Nalon; Gree; Karengula; Hector Wayburn
This story is about a man who fell in love with the revolver...
In the Belgian Congo, Dirk Nalon kills natives convinced he'll never be caught.
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Nickel Napoleon

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Subject Matter
crime
Swifty Ward; Frankie the Fence; Fingers Folsom; Dave the Dip; Gilt-Edge Gilroy; Collette
Swifty is in Monte Carlo to unload stolen bonds.
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Ball Point Homer

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crime, humorous
Hamilton S. Bullion; Homer Haskins; Gladys Simpson; Jerry; J. Drexel Simpson; Mamie Simpson; Bolton; Joe
We are in the office of Hamilton S. Bullion, bank president...
Homer meets a sweet-talking girl who likes the finer things in life, so he starts taking advances on his bank job to buy them for her.
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All-Over Rain-Cover Bargain

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Jimmy
Biggest variety of uses of anything you ever owned
A couple stays dry while others get wet.
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Surplus Sales.
Poetry on a Cash Basis

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Subject Matter
crime
Dan Cobalt; Merle Johnson; Mr. Rogers; Walter Crane; Mrs. Midston; Joe; Mike
Many poets receive little or nothing for their cherished works...
A man is committing robberies and leaving taunting poems at the scenes of the crimes.
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Mail Order Guide

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Full page of various novelty advertisements.
Between pages 5 and 6 of Poetry on a Cash Basis.
Under the Robe

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Subject Matter
crime, historical
Alessi Corsi; Dono Corsi; Michael Botello
It is Italy in the year 1473...
A jewel merchant tries to take some valuable jewels to Florence disguised as a troubadour.
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Gee Whiz! Just Look At This

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Hopalong Cassidy western steerhide belt
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Let's Go Pal! I'll Prove I Can Make You Too An All-Around He-Man

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Subject Matter
Larry Campbell (photo); Rex Ferris (photo); George F. Jowett (photo); Joe
Which of these 2 one time weaklings paid only a few cents to become an "all-around" he-man at home?
Joe gets a better life after using Jowett's bodybuilding system.
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Bad Skin?

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Stop worrying about pimples, blackheads and other externally caused skin troubles
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Reduce Fat!

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Ann Leslie (photo)
Up to 5 lbs. a week
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Back cover.

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