Dick Wood

Ted Adams (Writer)

The Comics & Culture Quarterly

Full Bleed

Tommy-gun-toting toughs roar across the pages of Crime Does Not Pay, the sensational 1940s comic that enraptured millions with its scandalous stories of criminal scum, ripped right from the headlines! This hardcover collects issues #42–#45 of this infamous series and features a new foreword by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine! Collects Crime Does Not Pay #42–#45. * Nearly seventy years later, CRIME still has the power to thrill and shock!

Crime Does Not Pay Archives

Deadly dames and streetwise mugs populate the pages of Crime Does Not Pay, the 1940s true-crime comic that was a hit with millions of readers, but a scandal for the guardians of public decency. Issues #38-41 of this controversial series, in which each mobster's reign of mayhem ended behind bars or in the "hot seat," are collected into one hard-hitting hardcover with a new foreword by comics journalist Paul Gravett (Comics International)!

Mike W. Barr

Joe Millard

ÒBAT-MURDERER!Ó The Gotham City Police Department is on the lookout for Scrag Donovan, and Commissioner Gordon tasks Batman with investigating the case and finding the criminal. Batman proceeds to interrogate members of the underworld of Gotham City and he is given a clue about Donovan's possible location, where he finds that Donovan has joined a mysterious gang led by a woman who is planning a big crime in Gotham. Batman infiltrates the gang and joins them the night of the crime. ÒDICK GRAYSON, DETECTIVE!Ó An aptitude test indicates Dick Grayson is meant to be a detective, but he must throw off the attention to keep his identity as Robin safe! ÒTHE CASE OF THE MARTIAN WITNESS.Ó Private investigator Star Hawkins goes on a manhunt, searching for a missing Martian in the Red Jungle of Vesta.

Detective Comics (1937-) #444

Uncut and uncensored, the infamous pre-code Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Frederic Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority.

Crime Does Not Pay

Andre LeBlanc

The comic book version of the 20th Century s most famous fictional magician sees print again in Hermes Press deluxe version of King Features comics Mandrake the Magician! Lee Falk s newspaper strip, Mandrake the Magician, offered readers, magic, occult and the fantastic and King Feature s comic book version, which saw print during the height of the Silver Age, was a worthy entry into the world of comic books. This first volume of the complete comic book run of Mandrake the Magician presents the first five comics in the series together with all of the back-up stories printed in King Features Flash Gordon title. These stories feature artwork by such Silver Age luminaries as Don Heck, Werner Roth, and Andre LeBlanc with scripts by Dick Wood. Volume One also contains tons of extras including extensive essays on Lee Falk s Mandrake the Magician and the artists who created the comic book series. Also included (in addition to the comic book reprint of the story) is the complete original art to one of the back-up stories. "

The Complete King Years

Mandrake the Magician

Doctor Solar faces a clever new nemesis named King Cybernoid, terrors from other dimensions, and electric aliens from Mars! This collection of sci-fi thrillers restores and reprints issues #23 to #31 of the original Doctor Solar comic-book series--the revolutionary superhero adventure series that gave birth to one of the industry's most distinctive and beloved characters. Solar's guest appearance in The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #14 is also included, making this the biggest Doctor Solar Archives volume of them all! Foreword by Batton Lash (Supernatural Law)!

Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom Archives

The celebrated pre-Code Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of unflinching and uncensored deluxe hardcovers! The infamous Crime Does Not Pay stories, focusing on criminal scum, nefarious mobsters, and urban legends, madeCrime Does Not Pay one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. This series was a favorite target of censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority! Revered, influential, and very hard to find, Crime Does Not Pay issues #26 to #29 are collected for your enjoyment and education!

Paul S. Newman

"Doctor Solar encounters his strangest nemesis yet! The horrible King Cybernoid assumes Nuro's mantle, equipped with all of its predecessor's wits and malice, and a cybernetically enhanced robot body. When Cybernoid dons a clever disguise to penetrate the Man of the Atom's secret identity, Solar's crucial energy supply is cut off for months. How can Solar elude the Geiger counters of those who seek to uncover his secret when he doesn't even have the strength to stand? And when Cybernoid makes an unholy alliance with electric aliens from Mars, the fate of Earth itself hangs in the balance"--P. [4] of cover.

Doctor Solar - Man of the Atom

One of the best-selling comics of the 1940s, Crime Does Not Pay focused on violent mobsters and murderous lowlifes who machine-gunned their way through the urban underworld . . . until justice landed them in the chair! In 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency targeted this comic series for its graphic violence, eventually leading to the creation of the repressive Comics Code Authority. Issues #30 to #33 of Crime Does Not Pay are finally collected in this deluxe hardcover, which includes "Million Dollar Robbery, drawn by Alvin Hollingsworth" — perhaps the first story in US comics history drawn by an African-American artist — and featuring a new introduction by comic-book giant Howard Chaykin (Marked Man, American Flagg!).

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