Authentic Police Cases #2

(April 1948)

The Case of the Sinister Scent (Table of Contents: 1)

A True Crime Story / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Bert Phillips

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence on inside front and inside back cover.

["The killers played a dangerous game..."] (Table of Contents: 2)

Crime on the Run! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Genre:

crime

Characters:

Sheriff Percy Way

Reprints:

• in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])

["Would psychiatry have spared..."] (Table of Contents: 3)

Manhunters, Guardians of the Law / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

Gus Ricca

Inks:

Gus Ricca

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Genre:

crime

Characters:

Irving Carl Chapman

Synopsis:

A road builder turns into a desperate criminal.

Reprints:

• in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])

Indexer Notes

The broad faces are identical to his credited Jim Dolan stories in Slam Bang Comics, and the sample page from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Heartless souls jeapordize..."] (Table of Contents: 4)

Johnny Rebel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

Bob Fujitani

Inks:

Bob Fujitani

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Johnny Rebel; Billy Worth; Mr. Worth; Mr. Dennison

Synopsis:

German saboteurs blow up a dam near the Worth estate.

Reprints:

• from Yankee Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #4 (March 1942)
• in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])

Indexer Notes

Fujitani is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art is identical to his signed stories from this period of time, like "The Flying Dutchman" story in Air Fighters Comics v1 #2 (Hillman 1942).

["A strange, mysterious woman..."] (Table of Contents: 5)

Lady Satan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

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Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Lady Satan; General Schultz

Synopsis:

Lady Satan vows to destroy the evil forces that killed her fiancee in a bombing raid on the ship taking them to New York.

Reprints:

• from Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #2 (December 1941)
• in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])

Indexer Notes

Tuska is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the tall figures with small heads, and the faces in profile are his work.

["How could the police probe..."] (Table of Contents: 6)

Crime on the Run! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Reprints:

• in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])