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Cover: Fred Guardineer
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Manhunt #8

May 1948 · Magazine Enterprises · 0.10 USD
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In "The Desert Devil," Starr ventures into a strange, isolated house after her friend Jim vanishes, uncovering a hidden criminal operation that controls radio-controlled atom bomb rockets with the power to strike New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit at once. Penciled and inked by Ogden Whitney, the story blends pulp suspense with early Cold War anxieties in a striking, high-stakes thriller. The cover, by Fred Guardineer, captures the eerie mystery of the desert house with sharp, dramatic lines.

Contains 5 stories
The Desert Devil
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Trail Colt (U.S. marshal)El Diablo (villain)Chuck BoltonBob"Snake" ActonDolan

U.S. Marshal "Trail" Colt finds a wounded man, Chuck Bolton, delirious in the desert and bent on revenge against the outlaw El Diablo—but when Colt learns Bolton may be tied to the Devil's gang, he's forced to untangle a web of deception and water-rights schemes to uncover the villain's true identity. With a silver concha as his only clue, Colt must track down the real El Diablo before the outlaw reaches his hidden stronghold. This seven-page western pits marshal against deceiver across the badlands in a race where justice hangs in the balance.

The House That Hate Built
6 pp · Adventure
Starr FlaggPedro (newspaperman)JimThe Senor (villain)

When her friend Jim vanishes into a secluded house rumored to be cursed, Jo takes a dangerous leap into the unknown. Inside, she uncovers a hidden network of criminals and a sinister arsenal of radio-controlled atom bomb rockets poised to strike New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit—all at once.

The Fishing Boats that Failed!
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Sergeant Red FoxYukon JoeGreg MarkenBarbara Frisco

When a man turns up dead in a fishnet at the Frisco salmon wharf, Sergeant Red Fox of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must untangle a scheme that's costing Barbara Frisco her entire fishing operation—and uncover why Yukon Joe is so determined to keep the Red Fox from asking questions. As Fox goes undercover on the seine boats to gather evidence, he discovers a ruthless fish-stealing racket that will stop at nothing to silence him.

The Case of the Perfect Crime!
6 pp · Adventure
Ronald Kirk (inspector of New Scotland Yard)Dick HanelinCarlaTack EdwardsHester FrenchAnne

A woman boards the Glasgow Limited with murder on her mind, but Inspector Ronald Kirk of New Scotland Yard is already aboard—and when a passenger is shot in a locked train compartment, he finds himself chasing a killer who seems to have vanished without a trace. As Kirk navigates a tangle of suspects with their own grudges against the victim, a single overlooked detail in the railroad blueprints may be the key to unmasking who pulled the trigger.

Untitled Crime story
7 pp · Crime
Jim Fallon (FBI inspector)Grace FlowersBucker HaddonBillAndrea

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $48
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $2,278*
CGC 9.4 $1,459
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $935*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $349
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CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $270
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $225
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $183
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $172*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $143
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $103
* 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 Ogden Whitney
cover pencils, inks Fred Guardineer

Reprints

Reprinted in Undercover Girl #5 [A-1 #62] (1952), Great Western #8 (1953), Mysteries of Scotland Yard #1 [A-1 #121] (1954), Mysteries of Scotland Yard #1 (1955), Men of Mystery Comics #82 (2010), "Trail" Colt U.S. Marshall #[nn] (2015), A-1 Comics: A Retrospective #143 (2015), Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg #[nn] (2015), Bumper Western Comic #20

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