Fight against Crime #18

(March 1954)

Dream of Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

Morton Howard kills his nagging wife and tries to rob a bank vault, but gets locked in and suffocates.

The Dirty Trick (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dick Beck ?

Inks

Dick Beck ?

Colors

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Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

crime

Synopsis

Nurse Helen Franklin falls in love with the man of the invalid woman she tends to. Wanting Mark all for herself, she poisons the poor Margo.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

Death Signs His Name (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ellen Lynn

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Shadows of Death (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jon D'Agostino (signed as John D'Agostino)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed as John D'Agostino)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

When beautiful Lydia spurns the carpenter who's fallen in love with her, Carl strangles her and hides her body in a hole behind his bureau. But his conscience starts playing tricks on him.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

The Shakes (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hy Fleishman (signed)

Inks

Hy Fleishman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

drama

Synopsis

Old Zacharias Howd spends his days preaching against the evils of alcoholism. When his daughter Helen meets a nice young man named Ken, Zach is more than suspicious. During their engagement party he catches them in the act of drinking. He beats Ken into hospital, but Helen gets back at her vicious father.