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Issue: Gangsters Can't Win #8

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Publication Date: April 1949

Issue v1 #8
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- v1 #2
- v1 #3
- v1 #4
- v1 #5
- v1 #6
- v1 #7
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- v1 #9
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Issues: #8 of 9 Issues

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Publisher: Flag

D.S. Publishing

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Indicia Publisher: D.S. Publishing Company 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: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

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Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (8 total)

The Fires of Nepal

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Genres: adventure, crime

Character(s): Dick Taylor; Valcar; Rhanee; The High Lama

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Pages: 1

The Fires of Nepal

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Genres: adventure, crime

Character(s): Harry; Dick Taylor; Dr. Fields [Dr. Bancroft]; Valcar; Rhanee; The High Lama

Synopsis: Dick Taylor is hired by a botanist who seeks a rare Lotus flower in Nepal.

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Pages: 10

Notes: The character Dr. Fields also introduces himself as Dr. Bancroft, most likely an error.

Case Hardened Crime

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Genres: crime, romantic

Character(s): Jim Banks; Spivy Spinell; George Miller; Helen; Sawbones

Synopsis: Two men at a steel mill compete for the same woman until one of them falls into a 1700 degree hot vat of cyanide.

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Pages: 7

Plan for Plunder

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Genres: crime, mystery

Character(s): Perry Sloan; John Broughton; Anne Dillon; Alexander Hancock;

Synopsis: An arsonist finds a double to take the fall for his crimes.

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Pages: 9

Express Elevator Down!

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Rodney Graham; Taylor Prentice; Ezra Goodchild; Edythe Prentice; Johnny Carlotti; Johnson

Synopsis: An inventor sets a trap for the man who stole his invention.

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Pages: 8

Off-Key Alibi

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Genres: crime, mystery

Feature(s): Crime-O-Graph Docket

Character(s): Fred H. Reeder; Arthur Brinlen; unnamed police officer

Synopsis: Readers are asked to find a clue in the story to trip up a killer.

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The Detective Drank Milk

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Genres: crime, mystery

Character(s): Jim Whalen; Ned Martin; Ward; Avery; unnamed police captain

Synopsis: A veteran detective and a rookie have different opinions on the murder or suicide of a woman.

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Pages: 2

Highway to Nowhere

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Al Sawin; Doug; Joe; Jane; unnamed policemen

Synopsis: An embezzler finds a lookalike to be killed in a car wreck so his wife can collect the insurance money.

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Pages: 8