CRIME-FIGHTING DETECTIVE #18 * CGC 4.0 * L.B. Cole *

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Title: CRIME-FIGHTING DETECTIVE No. 18
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Publisher:Star [Indicia: Star Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: March, 1952
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CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Cover: L.B. Cole. CGC census: Five graded copies, the highest being 7.0. GPAnalysis.com: Two CGC-graded copies have been sold, the most recent being a 7.0 for $780 in 2018.

Cole cover: Steely coppers blast tinhorns full of hot lead in a tangle of metallurgical metaphors. Perforated perps tumble from windows, street pizza in the making. Cover artist L.B. Cole knew that kids' imaginations would amplify the carnage implicit in the scene: "The implied threat can be a lot more devastating than showing a guy's brains being blown out." — L.B. Cole, quoted by E.B. Boatner, Overstreet Price Guide No. 11, p. A-62.

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