(July 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Toytown Publications, Inc.
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php.
Death Always Knocks Twice
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Leav?
- Inks:
- Mort Leav?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- Eric White (strong man); Loretta Clark (trapez artist)
- Synopsis:
- A stongman at a circus gets jelous and kills his girl friend.
Indexer Notes
The perspective on figures is probably the work of Leav.
The Devil to Pay
comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils:
- Mort Leav (signed)
- Inks:
- Mort Leav (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Ira Lawrence Luther
Wanted / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Rafael Astarito
- Inks:
- Rafael Astarito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; crime
- Characters:
- Ira Lawrence Luther
Indexer Notes
The faces are Astarita's, and can be compared with his signed story in Real Life Comics #53. He is credited on crime stories for Orbit Publ. by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Mania for Murder
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils:
- Mort Leav
- Inks:
- Mort Leav
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- George Herrin; Ambrose Beyer (chemist)
- Synopsis:
- A chemist grugs his cousin and tries to frame him for several murders.
Indexer Notes
Same faces as in the signed story by Leav.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
The Kid from Brooklyn
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
Death Always Knocks Twice
comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils:
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Rogers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
John J. DeVore
Wanted / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Martin Thall [as Emrose] (signed)
- Inks:
- Martin Thall [as Emrose] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; crime
The Case of the Missing Prince
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks:
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
Death Always Knocks Twice
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1.
The Devil to Pay
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2.
Ira Lawrence Luther
Wanted -
3.
Mania for Murder
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4.
The Kid from Brooklyn
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5.
Death Always Knocks Twice
-
6.
John J. DeVore
Wanted -
7.
The Case of the Missing Prince
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