Why it's Hot:
- Cover art and interior pencils by Golden Age master L.B. Cole
- Classic Pre-Code true crime anthology text-and-illustration layout
- Highly collectible 1948 premier crime issue from Essenkay Publishing
- White Pages
- Only 6 copies graded higher on the cgc census!
Synopsis:
This Golden Age issue adapts true crime archives into dramatic graphic stories: 'The Strangled Beauty Puzzles Police' documents a baffling New York murder mystery uncovered by a local watchman under the street lamps; 'The Fatal Slip' covers a high-stakes forensic chase; and 'The Clue of the Missing Fingerprint' maps a meticulous criminal investigation that ultimately leads police right to their prime suspect.
