Manhunt #8

(May 1948)

Hand of the Dead (Table of Contents: 1)

A Manhunt Chiller / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner F. Fox (credited)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Pretty-Boy Mahoney

Indexer Notes

The story starts on the inside-front cover and ends on the inside-back cover

The Desert Devil (Table of Contents: 2)

"Trail" Colt, U. S. Marshal / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Trail Colt (U.S. marshal); El Diablo (villain); Chuck Bolton; Bob; "Snake" Acton; Dolan

Synopsis

Trail Colt rescues Chuck Bolton from the desert and helps him stop El Diablo and his gang.

Reprints

• in Bumper Western Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #20
• in Great Western (Magazine Enterprises, 1953 series) #8 (1953)
• in "Trail" Colt U.S. Marshall (Boardman Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

desert

The House That Hate Built (Table of Contents: 3)

Undercover Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Starr Flagg; Pedro (newspaperman); Jim; The Senor (villain)

Synopsis

When her friend Jim disappears into a mysterious house, Starr investigates and discovers the house hides a band of criminals and radio controlled atom bomb rockets, which could be used to destroy the cities of New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit simultaneously!

Reprints

• in Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #5 [A-1 #62] ([1952])
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)
• in Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg (Boardman Books, 2015 series) (September 2015)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

atomic bomb; iron maiden; torture

Indexer Notes

Signature on the last page.

The Fishing Boats that Failed! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Red Fox / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

L. B. Cole (signed)

Inks

L. B. Cole (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Sergeant Red Fox; Yukon Joe; Greg Marken; Barbara Frisco

Synopsis

Red Fox must determine who killed Greg Marken and has been stealing salmon from the boats of Barbara Frisco.

Reprints

• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

Canadian Mountie; fishing; fishing net; salmon

The Case of the Perfect Crime! (Table of Contents: 5)

Kirk of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Parker (signed)

Inks

Paul Parker (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ronald Kirk (inspector of New Scotland Yard); Dick Hanelin; Carla; Tack Edwards; Hester French; Anne

Synopsis

Inspector Kirk must solve a murder on a train.

Reprints

• in Mysteries of Scotland Yard (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #1 [A-1 #121] ([1954])
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

Charing Cross; Scotland Yard; train

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fallon of the F.B.I. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The shrill wail of a siren heralds the escape of a dangerous killer...

Genre

crime

Characters

Jim Fallon (FBI inspector); Grace Flowers; Bucker Haddon; Bill; Andrea

Synopsis

Grace breaks Bucker Haddon out of prison so the gang can recover their stolen loot and divide it up among themselves and split town.

Reprints

• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

F.B.I.; prison break; stamp collecting; Tommy Gun