Headline Comics #v3#2 (26)
(September-October 1947)

Prize, 1943 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
American Boys' Comics, Inc.
Brand
A Prize Publication
Editing
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Issue Notes

Editor information provided by Greg Theakston to GCD error list April 2008.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why not play the funeral march, Maxie?!
Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colorist information provided by Greg Theakston to GCD error list April 2008.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby ?; Martin A. Bursen ? (see notes)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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.

You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
crime
Synopsis
True facts behind the escape and recapture of Volney Davis.
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Test of Death (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
crime
Reprints

[These Are the Guilty!] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

On the Spot (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime

Beyond The Law (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Bullets For The Bogus G-Man (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
crime
Synopsis
The untold inside story of the fake income tax racket.
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Indexer Notes

"Red" Blaze is presented as a "special investigator" for Headline Comics.

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Why not play the funeral march, Maxie?!"]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One
  4. 3. You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice
  5. 4. Test of Death
  6. 5. The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre
  7. 6. [These Are the Guilty!]
  8. 7. On the Spot
  9. 8. Beyond The Law
  10. 9. Bullets For The Bogus G-Man
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
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