([January] 1951)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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On-sale Date
1951-01-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Editing
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Issue Notes

No month of publication on the cover or in the indicia. Indicia states "published by Close-Up, Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Executive and Editorial offices, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N. Y." On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sam Hill Private Eye / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Harry Lucey (signed as Lucey)
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Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy
Cover Thumbnail for Sam Hill Private Eye (Archie, 1950 series) #2
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The Camera Killer Caper (Table of Contents: 1)

Sam Hill Private Eye / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take my advice, brother, and huddle up in your shell if you ever bump into a friend...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy (his secretary); Lola Bowen (murderess); Dottie Marshall (old friend of Sam; blackmail victim)

The Lethal Lobster Caper (Table of Contents: 2)

Sam Hill Private Eye / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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Ever hear a guy say he was so hungry he could eat a horse?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy (his secretary); Frank Roark (slimy mouthpiece); Dave Bruno (night-club owner; murder victim)

The Killer Was No Lady! (Table of Contents: 3)

Sam Hill Private Eye / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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I just can't figure dames!
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy (his jealous secretary); Roy Reynals (society playboy; hires Sam to trail his wife); Avis Reynals (his wife)

Tangle Wits with a Killer! (Table of Contents: 4)

Sam Hill Private Eye / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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Roxy and I had just wrapped up a case on Long Island's swank North Shore...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy (his Girl Friday)

Indexer Notes

Reader is challenged to find clues.

The Triple Killing Caper (Table of Contents: 5)

Sam Hill Private Eye / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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This one was short -- and not sweet -- but plenty rugged while it lasted...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Hill; Roxy (his secretary); Lt. Dugan (chief of detectives); Cora Vestal (murderess)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sam Hill Private Eye
  2. 1. The Camera Killer Caper
    Sam Hill Private Eye
  3. 2. The Lethal Lobster Caper
    Sam Hill Private Eye
  4. 3. The Killer Was No Lady!
    Sam Hill Private Eye
  5. 4. Tangle Wits with a Killer!
    Sam Hill Private Eye
  6. 5. The Triple Killing Caper
    Sam Hill Private Eye
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  • Luke A.
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tim Tjarks
  • Len Wolinsky
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