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Cover: Lochlan Field
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Keen Detective Funnies #19

Apr 1940 · Centaur · 0.10 USD
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In "Lesson No. 6," a 1940 issue of Keen Detective Funnies, the Eye—a mysterious figure with a knack for outwitting criminals—arrives at the home of mastermind Manuel Rossoff just as a bomb is set to detonate at a Washington D.C. government building. Written, drawn, and inked by Frank Thomas, the story unfolds with tense precision as Rossoff’s confederate is caught in a trap that ties all the villains together in the very room where the bomb is set to go off at noon. The cover, by Lochlan Field, captures the moment with dramatic flair.

Contains 12 stories
Untitled story
12 pp
Red Stultz

In "null," a mysterious figure known only as Jo stumbles into a case that defies logic, where every clue leads to a dead end and every witness speaks in riddles. With no name, no past, and no clear motive, Jo must unravel a web of silence that seems to stretch back into the very fabric of the city’s forgotten corners.

Untitled story
5 pp
Untitled story
6 pp
Lesson No. 6
2 pp
Untitled story
6 pp
Espionage
6 pp
Untitled story
5 pp
Youthful Detectives
1 pp

A young boy trailing a stolen horse stumbles upon the wounded highwayman Dick Fellows, setting off a chain of events that brings detectives into the case in this 1940 tale. When the boy—known to readers as Tommy—discovers who he's actually found, he becomes instrumental in bringing the criminal to justice with the help of the local sheriff.

Untitled Superhero story
7 pp · Superhero
The Eyeunnamed paperboyManuel Rossoff (villain)Henry (villain, bomb expert)Vera (villain)

In "null," a shadowy operative known only as the Eye arrives unannounced at Manuel Rossoff’s home, catching the scheming villain and his confederate red-handed. With time running out and a bomb set to detonate at noon in a Washington D.C. government building, the Eye traps them all in the very room where the explosion is planned—leaving the fate of the city in the balance.

Capt. Henry Bruckmen
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography, Crime

Capt. Henry Bruckmen, celebrated as one of New York's shrewdest detective minds, earned his reputation by solving Manhattan's most baffling murders through original methods and keen deduction. From a fountain pen to a black bow tie, the cases he cracked reveal a law officer who could extract solutions where others found only dead ends.

Dilemma of the Deep
8 pp
Famous Spies
1 pp

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $333
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,701*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $1,482
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $862
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $837
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CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $597
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $542*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $331*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Frank Thomas
cover pencils, inks Lochlan Field

Reprints

Reprinted in Collection Fantôme #[A858] [C] (1945), Continuum #7 (2009)

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