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Manhunt #1

Oct 1947 · Magazine Enterprises · 0.10 USD
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# Manhunt #1 This anthology issue contains multiple crime and adventure stories. "The Avenging Axe" follows a manhunt for a woman whose portrait was painted by a mysterious European operative, with intelligence agents attempting to locate her before enemies do. "Jet Black of Space Patrol" involves the pirate Jak Tal and a cosmigun capable of focusing cosmic rays into destructive energy beams, with conflict over uranium crates on the moon. The final story depicts FBI agents pursuing bank robbers who have stolen from the Assyrian Bank, culminating in a high-speed chase and shootout at the bank's location.

Contains 5 stories
The Case of the Hobbyhorse Homicide
6 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery
Inspector Ronald KirkCynthiaCecil BlakeEddieMartaAnne

When Cecil Blake brings home a prized hobbyhorse, Inspector Ronald Kirk of Scotland Yard is called to investigate his brutal murder—and discovers the seemingly innocent collectible holds a fortune that the killer desperately wanted. With three suspects nursing grudges and a cunning trap set to catch the culprit red-handed, Kirk must piece together a mystery where a tiny detail glimpsed in the darkness becomes the key to unmasking the murderer.

The Puzzle of the Picture
7 pp · Adventure
Starr FlaggBaba LaFleurLarryHankChuck
Untitled Science Fiction story
6 pp · Science Fiction
Jet BlackPrism PirateTel HanJak Tal
The Girl and the Gold
6 pp · Adventure
Red FoxBarbe ToutainTinpan JacksonSourdough SamMarie LaFranceBlack Tonte

When a gold strike in the Arctic turns deadly and an innocent man takes the fall, Sergeant Red Fox must race across the frozen north to stop a murderer before he silences the only witnesses—including the woman he loves. A gripping tale of justice and survival where the real criminal hides in plain sight, and the Red Fox must use every ounce of his skill to catch a killer on the unforgiving northern frontier.

The House on the Dotted Line
7 pp · Crime
James FallonLady SatanApples Hardin

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $202
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $9,906*
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $6,338*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $2,605
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,971*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $1,495
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CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $1,241*
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $1,175
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $952
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $748*
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $661*
CGC 5.0 · 5 in census $661
CGC 4.5 · 8 in census $510
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $443*
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 4 in census $350*
CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $283*
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $185*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker L. B. Cole
cover pencils, inks Ogden Whitney

Reprints

Reprinted in Undercover Girl #7 [A-1 #118] (1954), Jet Black and Jak Tal: The Complete Space Ace #[nn] (2014), A-1 Comics: A Retrospective #142 (2015), Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg #[nn] (2015), Lurid Little Nightmare Makers #7 - Black & White (2016), Lurid Little Nightmare Makers #7 - Color (2016)

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