Martin A. Bursen is credited as a former Police Reporter on the splash page, but the story reads very much like Kirby writing. Bursen may have assisted Kirby with technical information for the story.

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon ?
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#2 (26) (September-October 1947)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon ?
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Characters

Stella Mae Dickson

Reprints

from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#3 (27) (November-December 1947)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Simon and Kirby Studio
Inks: Simon and Kirby Studio
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#4 (28) (February-March 1948)

Indexer Notes

This version definitely 13 pp. long. Is there an error in the page count of the source?

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime; western-frontier

Synopsis

A true crime western

Reprints

from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#6 (30) (June-July 1948)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [1] (October-November 1947)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [1] (October-November 1947)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [1] (October-November 1947)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#2 (2) (January 1948)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#2 (2) (January 1948)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#3 (3) (March-April 1948)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime

Characters

Belle Munson (mob leader)

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#4 (4) (May-June 1948)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Characters

Sergeant Ray Gullaver (narrator)

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#5 (5) (July-August 1948)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#3 (9) (April-May 1949)

It's Your Police Station / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jack Kirby ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Jack Kirby
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Police Trap (Mainline, 1954 series) #2 (October-November 1954)

Indexer Notes

Single page panel illustration of a police desk sergeant being confronted by a criminal whom the police just brought in.

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Mort Meskin
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Police Trap (Charlton, 1955 series) #6 (September 1955)

illustration / 13 pages (report information)

Pencils: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

Reprints

from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v2#11 (23) (March-April 1947), #v3#1 (25) (July-August 1947)
from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v2#6 [18] (August 1947)
from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#1 [1] (October-November 1947)
from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#3 (27) (November-December 1947)
from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#2 (2) (January 1948), #v1#4 (4) (May-June 1948)
from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v3#6 (30) (June-July 1948)
from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#6 (6) (September-October 1948)
from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v4#2 (32) (October-November 1948)
from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v2#2 (8) (January-February 1949)
from Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 series) #v4#4 (34) (February-March 1949), #v5#1 (37) (September-October 1949)

Indexer Notes

Reproductions of 13 original comic book covers.

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, yes, desk clerk...my husband and I find this room very suitable --

Genre

crime

Reprints

from Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#2 (2) (January 1948)

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail of comic book cover. On endpapers.

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [no title indexed]
2. ["This is the last store you'll rob ..."]
3. [no title indexed]
4. [no title indexed]
5. Brutal Poetry
6. King of the Bank Robbers
A True-Clue Crime Story
7. The Short, Dangerous Life of Packy Smith....
Gunmaster
8. The Battle for Packy Smith
Gunmaster
9. Flowers for Roma
10. Come with Me and Die!
11. Gang Doctor!
Real Clue Crime Stories
12. The Terrible "Whyohs"
Real Clue Crime Stories
13. Let Me Plan Your Murder!
Real Clue Crime Stories
14. Get Me the Golden Gun
Gunmaster
15. Gang War!
16. The Last Bloody Days of Baby Face Nelson
17. Still Being Burned at the Stake after Four Hundred Years
Crime Through the Ages
18. To My Valentine
Red-Hot Blaze
19. Murder on a Wave Length Case No. 20853
Red-Hot Blaze
20. Grim Pay-Off for the Pin-Ball Mob
21. An International Headline Crime - A Phantom Pulls the Trigger
Red-Hot Blaze
22. The Masquerade of Eddie the Doll
Red-Hot Blaze
23. Pay Up Or Die!
24. The Life and Death of Public Enemy Number One
25. The Strange Aftermath of the Kansas City Massacre!
26. Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen
27. I Worked for the Fence!
28. Bullet-Proof Bad Man!
29. I Was a Come-On Girl for Broken Bones, Inc.
30. Firebug
31. The "Head" in the Window
32. Gun Moll!
33. The True Life Story of Alvin Karpis
34. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime!
35. Queen of the Speed-Ball Mob!
36. Fight Fix!
37. This Way to the Gallows ...
38. The Desk Sergeant
It's Your Police Station
39. The Debt
40. Cover Gallery
41. [The Simon & Kirby Library]
42. ["Oh, yes, desk clerk...my husband and I find this room very suitable --"]
43. The Comics That Outraged a Nation!

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cover / 2 pages (report information)

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illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Brutal Poetry (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

King of the Bank Robbers (Table of Contents: 6)

A True-Clue Crime Story / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

The Short, Dangerous Life of Packy Smith.... (Table of Contents: 7)

Gunmaster / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

The Battle for Packy Smith (Table of Contents: 8)

Gunmaster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Flowers for Roma (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Come with Me and Die! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Gang Doctor! (Table of Contents: 11)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

The Terrible "Whyohs" (Table of Contents: 12)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Let Me Plan Your Murder! (Table of Contents: 13)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Get Me the Golden Gun (Table of Contents: 14)

Gunmaster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Gang War! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

The Last Bloody Days of Baby Face Nelson (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Still Being Burned at the Stake after Four Hundred Years (Table of Contents: 17)

Crime Through the Ages / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

To My Valentine (Table of Contents: 18)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Murder on a Wave Length Case No. 20853 (Table of Contents: 19)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Grim Pay-Off for the Pin-Ball Mob (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

An International Headline Crime - A Phantom Pulls the Trigger (Table of Contents: 21)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

The Masquerade of Eddie the Doll (Table of Contents: 22)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Pay Up Or Die! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

The Life and Death of Public Enemy Number One (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Strange Aftermath of the Kansas City Massacre! (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Stella Mae Dickson...the Bobby Sox Bandit Queen (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

I Worked for the Fence! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Bullet-Proof Bad Man! (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

I Was a Come-On Girl for Broken Bones, Inc. (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Firebug (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The "Head" in the Window (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Gun Moll! (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

The True Life Story of Alvin Karpis (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime! (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Queen of the Speed-Ball Mob! (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Fight Fix! (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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