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Issue: Sam Hill Private Eye #1
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/19/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: There's a dead man in here -- and there are the two who killed him! Get 'em!
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Kill these hair-destroying germs with Ward's formula
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ward Laboratories, Inc.
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The Cutie Killer Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roxanna; Barbara Berkley; Rick Marks; Larry Berkley; Mike
First Line: Yeah! I'm Sam Hill, ex Ivy League halfback.
Synopsis: Sam is hired to find dirt on a woman's husband, but instead finds him dead.
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In Content Item: FlagArt in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 #[nn] published May 2010
as The Cutie Killer Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Do me a favor, chum...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A request for letters and picking up issue two.
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The Double Trouble Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Gilda Graham; Prudence Meek; Tony Romano; Roxanna
First Line: Think you'd like the job of casing the love-life of a babe that's built like a goddess and pitches woo like a she-devil?
Synopsis: Prudence hires Sam to trail her sister and report on her activities.
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In Content Item: FlagArt in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 #[nn] published May 2010
as The Double Trouble Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Time To Kill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Sam Hill]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): June Prescott
First Line: She wore clothes like they were painted on, and her lips were red cherries in the middle of a snowball.
Synopsis: Sam is hired by a woman to get her jewels from her husband, but Sam finds him dead.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Harry Sahle, but it matches Lucey's work elsewhere in the issue and Sahle left MLJ/Archie in 1945.
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Tangle Wits With a Killer!

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Adam Pierce; Miriam; Larry
First Line: Think you'd make a good private eye, brother?
Synopsis: Sam is hired to protect a woman from her husband.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The reader is asked to see if they can solve the crime. Art previously credited to Harry Sahle, but it matches Lucey's work elsewhere in the issue and Sahle left MLJ/Archie in 1945.
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The Mad Money Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Decker; Alex Brock; Loretta Banks; Roxanna; Reeves
First Line: One lesson I've learned well is to kick a client in the teeth if he tries to offer me...
Synopsis: Sam recieves half of a thousand dollar bill to come solve a case.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Harry Sahle, but it matches Lucey's work elsewhere in the issue and Sahle left MLJ/Archie in 1945.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover
First Line: The magazine that's got everything!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Adventures of the Dover Boys.
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First Line: Reduce keep slim at home with relaxing, soothing massage!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Spot Reducer Co.
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Have a slimmer youthful feminine appearance instantly!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Adjust-O-Belt Co.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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First Line: Send today fun for all!!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Novelty Mart.
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Jim and Betty Find a New "Treasure"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Betty; Mrs. Brown
Synopsis: Jim and Betty start selling White Cloverine.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Wilson Chem. Co.

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