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Secret Missions #1

Feb 1950 · St. John · 0.10 USD
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# Secret Missions #1 This issue contains stories of Cold War espionage featuring U.S. foreign agents battling Communist adversaries. One story follows a U.S. intelligence agent investigating a murdered girl who was stabbed with a platinum knife, leading him to uncover a Communist spy ring and avenge her death. Another story involves an NKVD agent named Vladimir attempting to help a woman named Carla escape to Western-held territory while being pursued by Soviet forces, with the plot complicated by her claims about her sick mother and suspicions about whether she is truly defecting or working undercover for the Communists.

Contains 3 stories
Tragedy for Traitors
10.5 pp · Adventure

An exiled American gangster and a renegade conspirator plot to steal a gold-laden cruiser from the Chinese Nationalist government, but Joe Falucci's Chinese girlfriend—torn between loyalty to the man who saved her life and duty to her homeland—faces an agonizing choice that will test where her true allegiance lies. Set against the chaos of Shanghai in 1950, "Tragedy for Traitors" explores the collision between personal devotion and moral principle when everything hangs in the balance.

The Island of Death!
10 pp · Adventure
Marshal Tito

A murder plot unfolds across continents when a British sculptress becomes an unwitting pawn in a scheme to assassinate Marshal Tito, who has sought refuge on a remote Adriatic island while his security forces hunt down conspirators. As assassination attempts pile up and a deadly substitution is made aboard a speeding train, the intelligence services race to uncover who orchestrates the plot—and whether the island refuge will prove safe enough.

Death Dates a Blonde Informer
10 pp · Adventure

A young U.S. intelligence agent—Dick Hervey—is sent into Cold War Prague on a dangerous assignment to verify reports of Soviet military aggression, where he must locate a Red Army major with the help of contacts in the city. What begins as a tense intelligence operation spirals into a deadly encounter, forcing Hervey to rely on an unexpected ally within the Communist apparatus to escape the closing net of secret police. With every road patrolled and his cover unraveling, Hervey faces an impossible choice to complete his mission and reach Allied territory alive.

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CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $2,389
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CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,064*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $743*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $257*
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CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $214*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $130*
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CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $106*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $92*
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Joe Kubert

Reprints

Reprinted in Fugitives from Justice #1 (1952), The Golden Age Art of Joe Kubert #2 (1979)

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