Penalty #48
(January 1956)

Ace Magazines, 1955 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Junior Books Inc.
Brand
Ace
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Louis Zansky
Inks
Louis Zansky
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Too Many Suspects (Table of Contents: 1)

Bert and Sue / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Bert; Sue; Larry Hiller; Marion Hiller; Sloan; Ed Ball
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Murder on the Menu."

Mystery of 17 Rue Rudolf (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Dunn / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko (signed original)
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Mr. Pat Dunn [Mr Risk]; Abdul
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Rogues Gallery." The character Mr. Risk has been renamed as Mr. Dunn for this reprint, although his servant Abdul retains his name. Mr Risk must have been too risky a name for the code.

Who Killed Clark Maxim, Don Juan of Connecticut? (Table of Contents: 3)

Who Dun-It? Inspector Keene / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy ?
Inks
Al Camy ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Keene
Reprints
Keywords
Connecticut

Catching Criminals with Clues (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime
Characters
Sergeant La ForgeThe Ghost Lig
Reprints
  • From Super Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #? (circa 1948)

Clue of the Counterfeit Package (Table of Contents: 5)

Mack Martin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Warren Kremer ?
Inks
Warren Kremer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Mack Martin; Bill Williams; Jeri Jerome; Gertie
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Some panels have been visibly doctored to meet Code approval.
Not sure about the Kremer credit. There's traces of Rudy Palais in it as well.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Too Many Suspects
    Bert and Sue
  3. 2. Mystery of 17 Rue Rudolf
    Mr. Dunn
  4. 3. Who Killed Clark Maxim, Don Juan of Connecticut?
    Who Dun-It? Inspector Keene
  5. 4. Catching Criminals with Clues
  6. 5. Clue of the Counterfeit Package
    Mack Martin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Peter Croome
  • James Ludwig
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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