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Issue: Fight against Crime #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #13 of 21 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStory Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Story Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William K. Friedman (editor; managing editor)
Disclose Notes: Editorial credit according to "Statement of the Ownership" on page 17.
There's a possibility that William K. Friedman is the same person as Bill Friedman, am owner of Youthful Comics, but so far there's no connection between the two.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Bloodless Killer!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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Two Heads Are Better Than One

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Having struck it rich, black market racketeer Conway and his wife move to the country. When they learn that their neighbor, Mr. Atkins, is an eccentric millionaire, they search his home for the money. Atkins however deals with them by killing them and burying their bodies to fertilize his precious flowerbeds.
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Pages: 7
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Deadline

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Country reporter Caldwell and city doctor Granger quarrel over Caldwell's wife Della. When the newspaperman hits her and she dies of a heart attack, the doctor gets back at his rival by giving him not a blood, but an ink transfusion.
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Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: Last half of last page is "Statement of the Ownership":
Editor is William K. Friedman
Lettering by Leroy lettering
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): William K. Friedman (editor)
Letterer(s): typeset
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The Rat and the Rattlesnake

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Two thugs frame each other.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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The Big Game Hunter

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Unable to kill any animal at a safari in Africa and being the laughingstock of the hunting party and his own wife, cowardly Crowell Hudson finally manages to bag the wife-stealing tour guide.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Lettering by Leroy lettering
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The Bloodless Killer

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Paul Barnes falls in love with the woman Lilia next door, but her creepy uncle Phil forbids every contact. Barnes inquires and finds out that Phil murders people and steals their blood. In an attempt to free Lilia from Phil, Barnes kills the uncle, but loses sight of the fact that Lilia is part of the vampire business.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: EC Crypt Keeper rip-off in splash page
Lettering by Leroy lettering

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