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Cover: Ken Battefield & Leo Bachle
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Yellowjacket Comics #4

Dec 1944 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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In "The Steel Coffin Case," newly freed convict Topaz opens a school not for knowledge, but for corruption, using his classroom as a classroom of crime—where he teaches his illiterate students how to commit felonies, all in the name of a twisted reward system. Penciled by Ken Battefield and inked by Paul Gattuso, this 1944 Charlton classic blends pulp suspense with a uniquely sinister twist, all framed by a striking cover by Battefield and Leo Bachle.

Contains 7 stories
The Steel Coffin Case
9 pp · Superhero
Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]
Untitled Superhero story
7 pp · Superhero
Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]Topaz (villain)Bugs Dugan (villain)Fingers Fips (villain)

Topaz, freshly out of prison, opens a school for criminals—his classroom a front for teaching his students how to turn their illiteracy into a profitable crime spree. With Bugs Dugan and Fingers Fips as his eager pupils, and Yellowjacket watching from the shadows, the real lesson may be one of justice, not crime.

Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Adventure story
8 pp · Adventure
Diana the HuntressHerculesJupiterMercuryDiscordiaTony Palma
The Fall of the House of Usher
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
Edgar Allan PoeRoderick UsherMadelaine Usher

Edgar Allan Poe accepts a fateful invitation to visit his old friend Roderick Usher at a house shrouded in dread and decay, only to find his host a shadow of his former self—tormented by a mysterious ailment and the strange illness afflicting his sister Madelaine. As Poe remains as a guest through mounting horrors and increasingly ominous signs, he becomes entangled in the house's dark secrets and the supernatural terror that threatens to consume them all. This 1944 adaptation captures the sinister atmosphere of Poe's classic tale of psychological horror and inevitable doom.

Circus Saboteur
6 pp · Adventure
Danny KingRussoCrane [Cross] (villain)Dubble

When mysterious tragedies strike the circus where Danny King works, he disguises himself as a clown to uncover the saboteur before another death occurs. As King investigates the murder of a fellow performer and a series of "accidents" threatening the show, he pieces together a web of revenge and misdirected vengeance. The truth behind the circus saboteur promises to shock everyone involved.

Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure
Steve HardestyJake BurnsTheresa Burns

In a tense coastal thriller from 1944, Theresa Burns finds herself caught between loyalty and danger when she overhears her brother Jake and a group of smugglers plotting to seize a cache of cocaine from a ship docked in the harbor. With the clock ticking, she turns to Steve Hardesty of the harbor police, setting off a race against the shadows where trust is as fragile as the tide.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $75
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $629
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $438*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $379*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $319*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $303*
Show all 11 grades
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $259*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $225*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $189
CGC 3.0 · 4 in census $189
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $144*
* 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

cover pencils Ken Battefield
cover inks Leo Bachle

Reprints

Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics #18 (1999), Golden-Age Treasury #1 (2003), Men of Mystery Comics #56 (2005), Super Weird Heroes #[nn] (2016), Men of Mystery Comics #110 (2018), Master Comics #93

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