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Cover: L. B. Cole
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Criminals on the Run #6

Apr 1949 · Novelty / Premium / Curtis · 0.10 USD
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# Criminals on the Run #6 The featured story "The Case of the Wild Spending Spree" follows law enforcement as they pursue criminals engaged in counterfeiting operations involving engraving plates. After apprehending the criminals and discovering they possess no counterfeit bills, officers determine the case requires finding the hidden engraving plates to make the counterfeiting charge stick. The story includes a comedic subplot involving Inspector Kloozy and a ghost inspector who haunts a house, with the "ghost" ultimately revealed to be prankster brother Goldilocks playing jokes, leading to resolution of that secondary case as well.

Contains 7 stories
The Case of the Wild Spending Spree
10 pp · Detective-Mystery
Young King Cole

Young King Cole takes on an unusual case when a client arrives seeking help spending a million dollars—a bizarre condition set by his late father's will that must be fulfilled in just 24 hours to secure a vastly larger inheritance. Cole and his friends divide the cash and scatter across town to purchase legitimate goods, but King soon discovers something deeply wrong with the money itself. The detective races against time to warn his companions before they unknowingly become entangled in a criminal scheme.

Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor, Children
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Heathcliff the Hobo
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Dr. Doom
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Untitled Humor story
7 pp · Humor
Inspector Klooz

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Art Helfant
cover pencils, inks L. B. Cole

Reprints

Reprinted in Unusual Adventures #52 (1949), Crime Fighting Detective #15 (1951)

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