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2May 1948
$0.10

Blackstone the Magician #2

Marvel · May 1948 · on sale 1948-02-25

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Series: Blackstone the Magician (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: May 1948
Key date: 1948-05-00
On-sale date: 1948-02-25
Indicia publisher: Cornell Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Blackstone the Magician	cover	1		Blackstone
1	Costumed for Crime!	comic story	9	script: Walter Gibson	The Phanto Band (Villain, Introduction)
2	The Runaway Suspect!	comic story	4	pencils: Mike Sekowsky
3	The Mystery Writer	text story	2	letters: typeset
4	Television Murder!	comic story	1	script: Allen Bellman; pencils: Allen Bellman; inks: Allen Bellman
5	Stamp News	text article	1	script: Kent B. Stiles
6	Sleepytime Pal!	comic story	2	script: Walter Gibson
7	Murder at Eight!	comic story	9	script: Walter Gibson	The Orchid (Villain, Introduction)

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