(June 1950)

Fox, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hero Books Inc.
Brand
A Fox Comic / A Fox Feature Publication
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Used in SOTI, page 160.

Indicia (scan from bipcomics.com): MARTIN KANE, Private Eye (formerly My Secret Affair), June, 1950, No. 4. Published bi-monthly by Hero Books, Inc., 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Executive offices at 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as second class matter September 15, 1949, at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1879. Price 10c per copy. Yearly subscription in the United States and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $.75 including postage. $1.50 elsewhere. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1950 by Hero Books, Inc., Contents must not be reproduced without permission. "Except those who have authorized the use of their names herein, the stories, names, characters, incidents, and institutions mentioned or portrayed in this periodical are entirely imaginary and fictitious, and no identification with actual persons, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred." Printed in U.S.A.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Martin Kane, Private Eye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

"Legs" Diamond (Table of Contents: 1)

Martin Kane, Private Eye / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Jack "Legs" Diamond; Martin Kane; Eddie Diamond; Nick Rocker; Spike; Lefty; Dawn
Reprints

[Narcotics Traffic] (Table of Contents: 2)

How This Crime Was Solved; William Gargan Junior Detective Club / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

The Whyos (Table of Contents: 3)

Martin Kane, Private Eye / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald Altman
Inks
Gerald Altman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Martin Kane; Lieutenant Rogers; The Zarkow Gang; The Whyos; Josh Hines; Danny Driscoll; Beezy Garrity; Danny Lyons; Kitty McGowan; Johnny Quinn; Johnny Dolan; James Noe; Detective Dorcy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original first page replaced with a new one featuring Martin Kane.

Booked for Murder! (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
Characters
Inspector Riordan; Mark Mason; Fredericks; Nora; Brenner; Fritz
Reprints

The Counterfeiters (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

The Killing Punch (Table of Contents: 6)

Martin Kane, Private Eye / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Martin Kane; Pug Dooley; Jimmy Cinch; Moose Harben
Reprints

Devil's Island (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; crime
Synopsis
Facts about the famous French prison, similar to a Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Reprints

William Gargan as Martin Kane Private Eye (Table of Contents: 8)

Martin Kane, Private Eye / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

On the back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Martin Kane, Private Eye
  2. 1. "Legs" Diamond
    Martin Kane, Private Eye
  3. 2. [Narcotics Traffic]
    How This Crime Was Solved; William Gargan Junior Detective Club
  4. 3. The Whyos
    Martin Kane, Private Eye
  5. 4. Booked for Murder!
  6. 5. The Counterfeiters
  7. 6. The Killing Punch
    Martin Kane, Private Eye
  8. 7. Devil's Island
  9. 8. William Gargan as Martin Kane Private Eye
    Martin Kane, Private Eye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore