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Issue: The Best of Spicy Tales #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1990
 
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Publisher: FlagMalibu Comics
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Indicia Publisher: Malibu Graphics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 114
ISBN: 0944735711
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $11.95 CAD
$9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 37 (30 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Genres: crime
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Disclose Notes: Color is credited to Paul Mounts inside, but signed Smith. Signature matches Tom Smith's on other Malibu titles of the era.
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Title Page

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Copyright Page

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The Pick of the Litter

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Table of Contents

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Ghostly Killer

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Gail Ford; Inspector Madsen; Jud Sloan; Tom Sloan
Synopsis: When a waitress is murdered in a cemetery, Gail takes her job, hoping to lure the killer to strike again.
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Murdered

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Genres: mystery
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Quicksand Caper

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Turner; Serge Markoff (supporting character); Pat Boone (supporting character, special effects man); Ole Jergen (supporting character, director); Lt. Donaldson (supporting character); One of the supporting characters (villain)
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Trail of Terror

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ray Hale, News Ace; Chung Wu; Jimmy Wong; Chung Ling; Charley Keecharacters
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Murder at First Base

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The Sinister Guest!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Ray Hale; Ruth Meriden; Cora Zender; "The Owl" (Villain)
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The Devil Is a Woman

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Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Polly of the Plains
Character(s): Polly of the Plains; Jean (supporting character); Senorita Diablo (villain)
Synopsis: Polly and Jean are captured by Senorita Diablo.
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Machine Gun Strategy

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Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Polly of the Plains
Character(s): Polly of the Plains; Jean; Ken; VILLAINS: Senorita Diablo; Pancho
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Freedom!!

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Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Polly of the Plains
Character(s): Polly of the Plains; Ken; Jean; Pancho (Villain)
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Chapter 11

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton (supporting character); French Foreign Legion (villains)
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Chapter 12

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton (supporting character); Abyssinian soldiers (villains)
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Chapter 13

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton (supporting character); Kurt Von Wagdorff (villain)
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Chapter 14

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Supporting Characters: Ted Morton
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Chapter 17

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Sheik Tarafi; VILLAIN: Sheik Raschi
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Chapter 18

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Shiek Tarafi; VILLAINS: Mohammed; Mohammed's gang
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Chapter 19

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton; Shiek Tarafi; Shebans (Villain)
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Chapter 20

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton; Queen of Sheba; Shiek Tarafi
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Chapter 21

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Ted Morton; French soldiers; Hammad (Villain); Merbu (Villain)
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Betty Carries On

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Betty Blake
Character(s): Betty Blake; Supporting Characters: Mr. Giffney famous jeweler, Un-named police chief and cop named Mike; Villains: Count Chalfont
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Flap-Eye's Trap

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Betty Blake
Character(s): Betty Blake; Betty Blake's father; Mac (a cop); Flap-Eye (Villain)
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Coke for Co-eds

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; Un-named female on drugs; Benny (Villain)
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The Murder Trust

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Peanuts (supporting character, sidekick); Small-time gangsters (villains)
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Murder With Music

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Professor Schmaltz (villain)
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The Missing-Models Mystery

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Romani (villain, a painter)
Synopsis: Artist models have gone missing so Sally pretends to be a model for the artist, and suspect, Romani.
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Matinee Murder

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character);Fazil Hussein (villain)
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The Trail of Terror

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Peanuts (supporting character, sidekick); Maida (supporting character, Warren's ward); Jeffery Warren (villain)
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The Yellow Spider

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); The Yellow Spider (villain); Japanese in an airship (villains)
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Peril in Panama

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief; Col. Kane; Rita (Villain); Hans (Villain)
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Sabotaging the Saboteurs

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth
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Death by Appointment

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sally the Sleuth; The Chief; Dawn Marlow; VILLAIN: Doctor Owen
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Also Available from Malibu Graphics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Back issue listing.
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Back Cover

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