(October 1953)
Star Publications,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Star Publications Inc.
- Brand
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A Star Comic
- Editing
- L. B. Cole
Issue Notes
Indicia reads: Shocking Mystery Cases is published quarterly by Star Publications, Inc. at 8 Lord Street, Buffalo 10, N.Y. Editorial Office: 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N.Y. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Buffalo, N.Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. copyright 1953 by STAR Publications, Inc. Price 10c per copy, 12 issues $1.20. All character and incidents described or depicted in stories except those based on history or fact are fictitious and any similarity to person sliving or dead is purely coincidental. No. 56 Oct 1953.
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advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for American Healthaids Co.
The Chase..!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Finsten A. Yohl; Chesley; Mr. Granitt; Matt Browder; Benny; Chedwick; Ape; Fred; Warden
- Synopsis
- Accountant Finsten Yohl steals from racketeer Matt Browder, but can't escape both the police and Browder's henchmen.
Death On Broadway..
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Milton Shaket; John Reilly; Benjamin [Red] Stein; Solly Moss; Samuel Hopkins; Morris Burnstein; Arthur Green; Thomas Colgan; John Healy; Louis Fields; Police Commissioner Wallander; Deputy Chief Inspector Conrad Rothengast; Lt. Walter Henning
- Synopsis
- Three outlaws shoot Solly Moss while robbing the Mayfair Bar. Two are captured and sentenced to death, the third is never caught.
- Reprints
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from Murder Incorporated (Fox, 1948 series) #9A (April 1949) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "Death Visits the Gay White Way."
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advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Mirror-Chrome Co.
Wicked Cheat...
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Lina Vanishyn [Rose Longo]; Pete; Lon; Mrs. Bishoff; Jan Kuppel
- Synopsis
- Immigrant Lina Vanishyn quits her job at a diner and joins Pete and Lon in a confidence racket. Pete and Lon furnish her with an unknown drug that makes her victims agree to whatever she suggests.
- Reprints
- from Crimes by Women (Fox, 1948 series) #14 (August 1950) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "Female of Fraud!"
The Hand of Crime...
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Henry Lee Victor [Hank; Harry G. Benedict]; [Red] Victor; Beth; Sam Casper
- Synopsis
- Hank Victor finds he is unable to use his right hand after shooting his brother, Red, unless he keeps it concealed in a black silk glove.
- Reprints
- from Famous Crimes (Fox, 1948 series) #17 (May 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Story concludes on June 30, 1940.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Chase!!
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1.
[Chew improved formula chewing gum!]
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2.
The Chase..!
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3.
Death On Broadway..
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4.
[Live Toy Circus]
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5.
[Finally! A Chrome Protector & Rust Remover that works!]
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6.
Wicked Cheat...
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7.
The Hand of Crime...
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8.
[Boys, girls, men, women!]
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9.
[Lots of fun and money!]
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10.
[101 Picture Plans]
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11.
[Now you can fly a real jet plane!]
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12.
[Need extra spending money?]
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13.
[Free...10 Hitler stamps!]
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- Darci
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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