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Issue: Real Clue Crime Stories #1 [49] Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1950
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Issues: #1 [49] of 72 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/22/1949
Volume: 5
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1950 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Big Ed
First Line: Hey, Big Ed.... you never told me.... how did'ja ever get t'be such a successful big shot??
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Character(s): John
First Line: All-in-one cigarette lighter and full-pack case
Synopsis: John's cigarette's are bent and he can't find his matches.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with comic strip.
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The Canarsie Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Stormy Ramsey; Sergeant Kelly; Rocket Erbler; Pete Drabney; Steve; Spindles Grandel; Louie Mencken
Synopsis: Sergeant Kelly hunts the men who killed his friend Stormy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Based on an actual case.

Pencil ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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The Clown

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Genres: crime, historical
Character(s): Queen Eleanor; Jacques
Synopsis: As a reward for his performance the queen gives a jester a sceptor and if he does not marry for 15 years she will make him the baron of Erehwon.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Set in 16th Century France.

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Box 39

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Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Danny Fleagle; Jake Fleagle; Luke Fleagle; Pop Fleagle; Charlie; Doctor Taylor; E. Collyer; Lafe; Daniels; Pinky Andrews
Synopsis: After a bank robbery in Lamar, Colorado, the FBI hunts down the Fleagle brothers.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Building sign in splash has "Mastroserio" on the front.

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Raffles Rafferty, Gentleman Crook

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Genres: crime, humorous
Character(s): Raffles "Bulge" Rafferty; "Feet" Fergusen; Mrs. Vandervan; Mr. De Cleave; Louie the Lug
Synopsis: "Bulge" Rafferty reads about Raffles and decides to try to be a gentleman crook.
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Pages: 4
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The Man with the Big Heart

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Johan Felix; William Nelson; Charles MacPherson; Haggerty; Moran; Robert O'Reilly
Synopsis: Johan is convinced to gamble money in a horse-racing scam.
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Pages: 2
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First Line: America's smartest cottons
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The Boy from the Country

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Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Alvin Williams; Ely Tonkin; Jeff Tonkins; Mike Fancher; Mr. Fairchild; Patsy; Tom O'Brien; Muggsy Sloan; Biff Ransome
Synopsis: Alvin gets duped into driving trucks for crooks.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Based on an actual case.

Inker ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Exit to Danger

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Genres: crime, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Richard Roe; John Smith ["Little Dynamite" Jack Tango]; Tim Heaphy; George Brann; Abe Zakar; Benny Sick; Hans Cooperman; Kaye; Varian; Dopy Wanzel
Synopsis: Richard Roe hires a man who turns out to be a gang leader.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Based on an actual case.
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Motor's Auto Repair Manual

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 7 and 8 of Exit to Danger.
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Novelty Mart

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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Palooka
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First Line: A memorial to your loved one
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have a slimmer, youthful, feminine appearance instantly!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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