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Issue: Sam Hill Private Eye #4
Publication Date: September 1951
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Issues: #4 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: Sam Hill, Private Eye, Number 4, published by CLOSE-UP, INC., 163 Pratt Street, Meriden, Conn. Single copy, 10c. Executive and Editorial Offices, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N. Y. Copyright under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Convention. Copyright, 1951, by CLOSE-UP, INC. Cover and entire content protected by copyright throughout the world and must not be reproduced in whole or in part without prior permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in U. S. A.

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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Hill; George Andrews; Celeste DeVoe; Eva Andrews
First Line: Call Sam Hill to the stand!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover bears the ANC stamp.
The dialog on the cover corresponds to 2 of the 4 stories:
Call Sam Hill to the stand!
Careful what you say, Sam! My boys will be watching you!
Tell 'em to listen real close, too! They'll hear the whole truth...and nothing but!
If we do, you'll never leave that witness chair alive!
(Does not correspond with any story inside)

He's asleep, all right, only it's permanent!
(Corresponds with Twice Murdered!........Once Dead!)

You're beautiful, baby...but you'll fry the same as any murderer!
(Corresponds with Twice Murdered!........Once Dead!)

Calling all cars! Pick up Sam Hill...wanted for murder!
(Corresponds with .22 Caliber Caper)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Miss Lee Fashions
Synopsis: Ad for Miss Lee Fashions, Inc
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Pages: 1
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The Carnival Killer Caper

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Hill; Roxy; Mae [Ma] Corby; Rosemary; Al [The Great Alfredo] Haskins (dies); Marty Norton; [Limpy] Cusano
First Line: Mae Corby ran a traveling sideshow...
Synopsis: Brought in to investigate a series of pickpockets at a traveling circus, Sam Hill finds himself in the middle of a performer's murder.
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Pages: 9
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The Crying Corpse Caper

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Hill; Roxy; Claire [Camera Cutie]; [Flip] Folsom; Quigley
First Line: Take my advice, brother, and never get mugged with your sweetie in a grog mill...
Synopsis: Sam solves the murder of a darkroom assistant at an upscale restaurant.
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Pages: 7
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Twice Murdered!........Once Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Hill; George Andrews (dies); Eva Andrews; Celeste DeVoe
First Line: Save me, Sam! My husband is trying to kill me!
Synopsis: Eva Andrews persuades Sam Hill that her husband, George, is out to kill her. Things are not as they seem when Sam stays overnight at their house.
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Sam Hill Fun Page
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Disclose Notes: Includes instructions to make ring toss game and connect-the-dots.
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Feature(s): Don't Let It Puzzle You!
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Disclose Notes: Includes rebuses and quiz on state nicknames.
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.22 Caliber Caper

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Hill; Lt. Edward Dugan; Evelyn [Evvie] Sands (dies); Patrolman Hale; Betty Graham; Rocky Mason; Roxy
First Line: Recognize this guy? Well, it's me! No, I don't need glasses...
Synopsis: Sam is framed for the murder of a showgirl.
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Pages: 7
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First Line: Reducing specialist says: lose weight where it shows the most...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Spot Reducer Co, starring model Gloria Pall
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First Line: Terrific Bargains
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Consumer's Mart
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First Line: Be the master, not the slave!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Pickwick Co
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First Line: Jim and Betty solve the "mystery" of Pete's Fortune!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for White Cloverine brand salve from Wilson Chemical Co

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