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Issue: Crime on the Waterfront #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1952
 
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Issues: #4 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: Realistic
Indicia Publisher: Realistic Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This is actually Famous Gangsters #4 but indicia is "Crime On the Waterfront".
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ? (left-sided art); ? (middle art)
Colorist(s): ? (left-sided art); ? (middle art)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: The underworld gangsters who control the shipment of drugs!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art on the left comes from Avon Paperback #321 (1951), titled "The Saint in New York" by Leslie Charteris. Art in the middle was previously used for Avon Paperback #122 (1947), titled “The Unconscious Witness” by R. Austin Freeman. Art on the right side is from Avon Paperback #173 (1948), titled “On the Spot” by Edgar Wallace, and is credited to Monroe Reisman by the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1949.
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Contents Page

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Preview of Stories from Crime on the Waterfront #4 May 1952 [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Bruno Papko - Boss of the Waterfronts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Vito Papko; Bruno Papko; Joseph Papko; Louis; Sal Contissi; Isaacs
Synopsis: How Bruno Papko become the king of the waterfront.
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Bruno Papko - Boss of the Waterfronts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be the master not the slave!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pickwick Co.
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Luke Conrad... Harbor Racketeer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Luther "Luke" Conrad; Joey; Jackie Fargo; Mugsy
Synopsis: Luke Conrad's life of piracy.
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Luke Conrad - Harbor Racketeer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have you got what it takes?
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Disclose Notes: Institute of Applied Science.
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First Line: An amazing new health supporter belt
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Disclose Notes: Ronnie Sales, Inc.
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Murder on the Piers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Bill Marsh; Frank; Burt
Synopsis: A policeman looks for a woman who was there when his partner was shot.
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Murder on the Piers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Blackmailed to Death!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Joe Martin; John Benson; Jerry Travers; Arthur Haddon
Synopsis: Police investigate a missing woman in a small town.
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Blackmailed to Death [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Rings only $1.74 each
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Disclose Notes: Harem Co.
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The Arsenic Murders

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Willie Lewis; Jerry Somers; Richard Wayne; Mrs. Lewis
Synopsis: Willie Lewis' death by arsenic is investigated.
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In Content Item: FlagAll True Detective Cases #[nn] published January 1952
as Arsenic Murders [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Thelma Grant --- the Money-Mad Murderess!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Thelma Grant; Miss Grant (sister); Harry; William Grant; George
Synopsis: To get money, Thelma turns to murder.
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): John Sill (photo); Joe; George F. Jowett (photo); Larry Campbell (photo); Rex Ferrus (photo)
First Line: Hey, you skinny bag of bones!
Synopsis: Joe has success because of his Jowett training.
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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lonnie Glosson (photo); Wayne Raney (photo)
First Line: It's great fun to play a guitar and so easy, too!
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Disclose Notes: Lonnie and Wayne.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: How to fix any part of any car
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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