Crime Smasher #1 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Earl Lonsbury; inks: Earl Lonsbury
1	...Contents...	table of contents	1	letters: ?; typeset
2	The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1	comic story	13	pencils: Earl Lonsbury; inks: Earl Lonsbury	Crime Smasher; Eve Corby; Al Mone; unnamed doorman; Mone's henchmen; Rocky and two unnamed cross-dressing assailants; unnamed female and crew of thugs; Killer King
3	Kills Us	comic story	1		Sherlock the Monk; Uncle Gobbler (death); Gobbler's unnamed nieces
4	The Last Request	comic story	7	pencils: Earl Lonsbury; inks: Earl Lonsbury	Crime Smasher; Eve Colby; Mr. Grimm; prison warden; Greg Ransel
5	The Lumber Camp Mystery	comic story	5.85		Richard Richard; Ah Choo; Flub Dub (dog); Tim Burr; unnamed lumberjacks
6	Nyoka	character profile	0.15	letters: typeset	Nyoka
7	The Unlucky Rabbit's Foot	comic story	7	pencils: Earl Lonsbury; inks: Earl Lonsbury	Crime Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Humphrey Herold; Ray Herold (death); Chief and his thugs

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