Manhunt #9

(June 1948)

The Quiet Shape of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

The first page is on the inside front cover, the second page on the inside back cover.

The Case of the Curious Cards (Table of Contents: 2)

Trail Colt / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Trail Colt; Dike Haldane; Larry Haldane; Jed; Sheriff Rogers; Buck Healey; Tim Stuart; Estelle

Synopsis

Stolen playing cards lead Trail Colt to a murderer.

Reprints

• 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

Harding Texas; playing cards; poker

The Fate of the Fortune Teller (Table of Contents: 3)

Fallon of the F.B.I / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jim Fallon; Edward Carlin; Wanda; Nadya; Butch

Synopsis

Inspector Fallon stops a gang of black mailing fortune tellers.

Reprints

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

Keywords

blackmail; crystal ball; F.B.I.; fortune teller; Gypsy

The Monster in the Mist! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Parker (signed)

Inks

Paul Parker (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Ronald Kirk; Johnny Haggard

Synopsis

Inspector Kirk battles a monster made of fog.

Reprints

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

Keywords

fog; London; monster; Scotland Yard

The Terror of the Forest Trail! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Red Fox; Doctor Painter; Doctor Pierre Beauvais; Melissa; Totem-Face [Jules]

Synopsis

Red Fox must find out who has been killing every doctor that comes to Barren Bay.

Reprints

• in Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #14 [A-1 #77] (1953)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

Canada; Mackenzie River; murder; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; totem pole

The Doom of Siva Dey! (Table of Contents: 6)

Undercover Girl / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Siva Dey; Dave

Synopsis

Siva Dey plans to use her power to animate stone to bring all the statues in India to life as her private army.

Reprints

• in Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #6 [A-1 #98] (1953)
which is reprinted
• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #8 (1998) [[A-1 #98]]
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)
• in Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg (Boardman Books, 2015 series) (September 2015)

Keywords

India