The Killers
#1
(1947)
Magazine Enterprises,
1947 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1947-12-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Enterprises Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue is undated. The only date in the indicia is the copyright date, 1947.
Publication date as per the U.S. Govermnent's Catalog of Copyright Entries for Periodicals, 1946-1947 (page 209), published by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
Indexed from a scan at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=9678.
Publication date as per the U.S. Govermnent's Catalog of Copyright Entries for Periodicals, 1946-1947 (page 209), published by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
Indexed from a scan at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=9678.
Killers Three
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
Indexer Notes
On the inside front and inside back covers.
The Case of the Frightened Informers
Scott Hunter of the C.I.D. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Scott Hunter; Mr. Zin; Tong; Yang; Courtland Palmer Broadstreet; Poppy; Limey; Lotus Lee; Tommy Ming; Quid
- Synopsis
- When an oriental woman is killed on his doorstep C.I.D. Scott Hunter tracks down and arrests Mr. Zin and his gang.
- Reprints
-
in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #140 (December 25, 2014), #142 (2015) [Page 2 missing]
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- Keywords
- London; oriental; Scotland Yard; whipping; yellow menace
Indexer Notes
Alternate story title: Scott Hunter of the C.I.D. Meets Mr. Zinn - the Hatchet Killer.
The Killer Behind the Killer
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- John Paul Chase; Mr. Clancy; Fatso Negri; Jimmy Burnett [Baby-Face Nelson]; Helen Nelson; Mr. Green
- Synopsis
- John Paul Chase moves up in the underworld until he is part of Baby-Face Nelson's gang.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bootlegging; Reno NV
Poison Claw Killer
Rice of the New York Homicide / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Tom Rice; Bentley; Dr. Watson; Mrs. Black; Doctor Ogden
- Synopsis
- Tom Rice helps his friend find out of Mrs. Black died naturally or was killed for the insurance money.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- insurance fraud; tetnus
They Tricked the Schoolgirl's Killer!
The Case-Book of Crime / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Raymond Stormer (detective); Neumann (detective); Frank Heideman (killer); Black Ace (suspect)
- Synopsis
- Detectives are shadowing a killer to get his confidence and make him confess the murder of a school girl.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- electric chair
Indexer Notes
Quinlan has faces with prominent noses and some narrow eyes, and art here similar to his signed stories in Cat-man Comics #2.
The Magic of Murder!
"Ace" High Private Eye / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- "Ace" High; Adeline; Asmodeus (magician); Mrs. Lormond; Guts Leonard
- Synopsis
- "Ace" High is hired to recover jewels that were stolen during the murder of Adeline's father.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- amusement park; crystal ball; hypnotism; roller coaster
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Killers Three
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1.
Killers Three
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2.
The Case of the Frightened Informers
Scott Hunter of the C.I.D. -
3.
The Killer Behind the Killer
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4.
Poison Claw Killer
Rice of the New York Homicide -
5.
They Tricked the Schoolgirl's Killer!
The Case-Book of Crime -
6.
The Magic of Murder!
"Ace" High Private Eye
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Gary Dunaier
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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