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Sam Hill Private Eye #1

Archie · 1950 · on sale 1950-07-19

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Identification plate

Series
Sam Hill Private Eye (Archie, 1950 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
1950
Key date
1950-07-19
On-sale date
1950-07-19
Indicia publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
2The Cutie Killer Capercomic story9.67pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typesetSam Hill
4The Double Trouble Capercomic story7pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
5Time To Killtext story2pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
6Tangle Wits With a Killer!comic story3pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
7The Mad Money Capercomic story7.5pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceySam Hill
8Dover Boyspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceyTim Dover; Dan Dover

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-8109-8824-8		2010On eBay ›

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Series context

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