Approved Comics #8

(June 1954)

A Tough Beat (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Joe Bryant (hero, honest cop); Kid Coy [Joe Bryant Jr] (hoodlum)

Indexer Notes

Starr is credited on both pencil and ink on crime stories for St.John by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.He can be spotted by his faces, with quite broad mouth. He had most of the Bantam Buckaroo stories for ACG.

Durable Mike Malloy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Michael Malloy (alcoholic tramp)

The Squealers (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Elliot Graham (young police reporter); Mike Farrow (police captain)

Indexer Notes

Notes as for the first story.

Kill-Crazy John Dillinger (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Olesen

Inks:

George Olesen

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

John Dillinger

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Louis Ravelli?", but faces with bushy eyebrows drawn with lines perpendicular is a sure sign of Olesen, as can best be seen at the last page. He had many western stories of The Hawk for St.John. He is also credited on crime stories for St.John by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Dream Horse Winners (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Rick Fraser (horseplayer)

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Gary Watson, July 2009.