Crime Files
#6
(November 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-09-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Literary Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- Joe Archibald (uncredited)
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from copy with arrival date stamped on cover.
Born To Burn!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Job Number
- B-1260
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Low on the list...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Fire Marshal Frank Dobson; Burl Krass (arsonist); Macklin
Indexer Notes
art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr 1-08-2011. Robert Turner lists this as one of the stories he wrote from late 1950 - 1952, in his book "Some of My Best Friends Are Writers..." (1970).
X Marks the Spot
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Synopsis
- Facts about the deaths of mobsters.
Death Was His Partner
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1276
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the night of August 5, 1937...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Wally Andrigo (racketeer); Eric Donner (crime boss); Richie McCabe (bodyguard); Officer Kelliher; Dolan (cabbie); Kitty; Bart Templar (lawyer); Sergeant Traynor; Logan (crook); Whitey (crook, death)
Indexer Notes
Wessler submitted this story on 24 May 1952 as "Death Is His Partner".
Cops Don't Cry!
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jim Hendryx Jr. (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-1326
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They were three of a kind...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jack Melaney; Mei Lee; Charlie Wing
The Homicidal Hitchhikers
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Job Number
- B-1308
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Johnny Rego had no excuse...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Johnny Rego; Vera
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., 2011-01-08. Robert Turner lists "Homicidal Hitchhiker" as one of the stories he wrote between late 1950 - 1952, in his book "Some of My Best Friends Are Writers..." (1970).
Teen-Age Private Eye
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- B-1240
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeepers! He reminds me of somebody!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jimmy Lawton; Ray Williams (crook)
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., 2011-01-08
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Born to Burn!
I'm hit, Red! -
1.
Born To Burn!
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2.
X Marks the Spot
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3.
Death Was His Partner
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4.
Cops Don't Cry!
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5.
The Homicidal Hitchhikers
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6.
Teen-Age Private Eye
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7.
The Legacy of Death
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Michael Hoskin
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Edgar Loftin
- James Ludwig
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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