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Cover: Everett Raymond Kinstler
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Behind Prison Bars #1

Jan 1952 · Avon · 0.10 USD
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# Behind Prison Bars #1 The cover promises "Murder at Newgate Prison," and the sampled interior pages reveal multiple crime stories. One story involves ex-con "Blackjack" Al Neelson and his gang planning an escape and robbery, with the action culminating in a car chase and shootout with police. Another story, titled "Death Trap," centers on Peter Blair, a criminal with a hobby of collecting fingerprints, who is accused of murder when his fingerprint is found at a crime scene—though he claims he was never in the room, leading to a mystery involving the fingerprint as evidence.

Contains 5 stories
Behind Prison Bars
1 pp · Crime
Murder at Newgate Prison
6 pp · Crime
The Gorilla Killer
7 pp · Crime
Charlie Lupetti and His Bullet-Proof Gang
7 pp · Crime
Death Trap
5 pp · Crime

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $89
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $714*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $618*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $421*
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $366*
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CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $289*
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $234*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $199*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $153*
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Everett Raymond Kinstler

Reprints

Reprinted in The Crime Machine #2 (1971), Krimi Klassiker #8

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