Golden Age Crime Comics - THREAD CLOSED

[Comcav]

Fight Against Crime #15 - I'll take it

[EC ed]

Fugitives From Justice #3, FN/VF 7.0, $80

 

minor tearing around staples; solid attachment; light edge wear; spine stress/wear

 

 

 

Cool thing here (and the reason I own the book)...this book reprints a panel from Authentic Police Cases #6 that was used in SOTI, with some changes...shows less leg....go back in this very thread and look at the splash page to APC #6, then compare it with this page:

 

 

Less leg showing, eh? If interested, you can read more about this here: http://lostsoti.org/AuthenticPoliceCases6.htm (shout out, Steve )

 

censorship

 

[EC ed]

Finishing the evening's listings on a high note...with another EC

 

International Comics #4, VG- 3.5, $75

 

Yes...this is a crime title...international crime and intrigue, actually. This title eventually morphed into Crime Patrol...

 

moisture stain lower spine corner goes through whole book; bc edge chippiness/tearing; general wear; three-quarter-inch margin tears on a few interior pages

 

 

 

[EC ed]

ComCav is WINNING, WINNING, WINNING

 

 

 

[EC ed]

One more batch of books (7 or so)...let's strive to get those listed and wrap up the thread by midweek, well before the start of Crime Prevention Month.

 

[EC ed]

CSS #25 SOLD VIA PM

[EC ed]

Justice Traps the Guilty #13, VG/FN 5.0, $25

 

SOTI: Mentioned in text, p. 110-111.

 

light pencil writing upper right back cover; top edge wear; diag. creases LRFC

 

[EC ed]

Lawbreakers Always Lose #7, GD 2.0, $25

 

SOTI Illo #3 with caption, "Comic-book philosophy."

 

piece of tape upper spine; chipping/paper loss around edges as seen in scans; general wear; staples still holding everything nicely together all the way through; brittleness around the edges on the interior pages, but I just flipped through it and nothing is presently flaking off...still a serviceable copy.

 

 

[EC ed]

EC's Shock SuspenStories was not a pure crime title, but it contained enough crime to squeeze it into this thread, I'd say...

 

Shock SuspenStories #2, FN 6.0, $135

 

1-1/2" diag crease llbc; crinkling upper edge fc; spine stress accum; fc pinhole just below the right knee of the guy on the ground

 

 

 

[EC ed]

Shock SuspenStories #14, GD/VG 3.0, $55

 

Used in Senate Investigation hearings

 

back cover edge chipping; widespread fc creasing – urfc, along spine, etc.; interior cover tanning halos; cf detached lower staple

 

 

 

 

[Couchy81]

EC's Shock SuspenStories was not a pure crime title, but it contained enough crime to squeeze it into this thread, I'd say...

 

Shock SuspenStories #2, FN 6.0, $135

 

1-1/2" diag crease llbc; crinkling upper edge fc; spine stress accum; fc pinhole just below the right knee of the guy on the

 

 

Just read this issue last night lying in bed.. Classic stories in this one. One of my favorites. The Ingles orphanage / Halloween story is great!

[EC ed]

War Against Crime #5, VG- 3.5, $70

 

moisture stain through entire book lrfc; general wear; pencil in "C" on fc, other pencil writing on the fc has been erased, but remnants still there; supple pages

 

 

 

[EC ed]

War Against Crime #11, VG- 3.5 Apparent, $150 SOLD to Mystafo

 

comprehensive wear/creasing/minor edge tears; looks to have a handful of tiny spots of amateur color touch in the fc black (upper edge, and a couple other spots);

 

[EC ed]

Those're all the books for the thread

 

If you bought books and haven't seen your "invoice" yet, I'll hit you with that tomorrow and we can wrap up.

 

Thanks for the looks and purchases!

[Mystafo]

War Against Crime #11, VG- 3.5 Apparent, $150

 

comprehensive wear/creasing/minor edge tears; looks to have a handful of tiny spots of amateur color touch in the fc black (upper edge, and a couple other spots);

 

 

take it

[EC ed]

War Against Crime #11, VG- 3.5 Apparent, $150

take it

 

Thanks!!

[EC ed]

Recap of books still available:

 

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Classics Illustrated #89, GD/VG 3.0, $5 POP illo.; HRN 89 (1st printing); overall wear; lots of cb creasing on the fc

Crime Does Not Pay #78, FN 6.0, $40 cover edge wear; bit of tearing around upper staple - still solid attachment

 

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Crime Patrol #8, VG 4.0 (Apparent), $100 three-quarter-inch horiz. tear leading edge fc with a triangular chip; chip lower spine corner; full book-length vertical bend/crease that breaks color in spots (runs down through the “C” and “A”); I bought this from a dealer as unrestored, but I’m thinking that I see a 1-¾” horiz tear on the leading edge fc that has been sealed (and perhaps another half-inch one on the top edge fc)…looks like a pro job, because they’re very hard to see

Crime SuspenStories #8, FN+ 6.5, $150 1/8” triangle chip ulbc; staple oxidation; reading stress; bit of a bend down through the “R” upper fc

Crime SuspenStories #10, FN/VF 7.0, $170 edge wear; lower spine corner blunting; quarter-inch horiz. tear leading edge bc

 

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Famous Crimes #3, FR 1.0, $20 SOTI Mentioned in text, p. 112. Injury-to-the-eye motif; a wreck of a book; chunks missing from spine; rusty staples; cover detached; moisture effects as seen in scan; The good?...supple pages; cool blue Fox paper stock; central cover image presents well; book is complete;

 

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Fugitives From Justice #3, FN/VF 7.0, $80 minor tearing around staples; solid attachment; light edge wear; spine stress/wear

International Comics #4, VG- 3.5, $75 moisture stain lower spine corner goes through whole book; bc edge chippiness/tearing; general wear; three-quarter-inch margin tears on a few interior pages

Justice Traps the Guilty #13, VG/FN 5.0, $25 SOTI: Mentioned in text, p. 110-111; light pencil writing upper right back cover; top edge wear; diag. creases LRFC

 

 

Lawbreakers Always Lose #7, GD 2.0, $25 SOTI Illo #3 with caption, "Comic-book philosophy." piece of tape upper spine; chipping/paper loss around edges as seen in scans; general wear; staples still holding everything nicely together all the way through; brittleness around the edges on the interior pages, but I just flipped through it and nothing is presently flaking off...still a serviceable copy.

Shock SuspenStories #2, FN 6.0, $135 1-1/2" diag crease llbc; crinkling upper edge fc; spine stress accum; fc pinhole just below the right knee of the guy on the ground

Shock SuspenStories #14, GD/VG 3.0, $55 Used in Senate Investigation hearings; back cover edge chipping; widespread fc creasing – urfc, along spine, etc.; interior cover tanning halos; cf detached lower staple

 

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War Against Crime #5, VG- 3.5, $70 moisture stain through entire book lrfc; general wear; pencil in "C" on fc, other pencil writing on the fc has been erased, but remnants still there; supple pages

[EC ed]

One and only

 

 

edit: Closing the thread and moving all remaining books by my Virtual Store in the "Mixed" area...if interested in going there, CLICK HERE