CRIME FILES #5 * CGC 3.0 * SEDUCTION of the INNOCENT *

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Title: CRIME FILES No. 5 * 1st Issue
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Publisher:Standard [Indicia: Visual Editions, Inc.]
Date Published: September, 1952
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CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Cream to off-white pages. Cover detached. Cover artist unknown. Stories and art: Carl Wessler, George Tuska, Alex Toth, Mort Meskin. Used in SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT. First issue. GPAnalysis: Only one recorded sale in any grade: a 5.5 copy sold for $240 in October 2020.

Cover carnage: An undercover cop blasts the gat from the mitt of underworld rat. One story features a teen tart who uses jailbait sex appeal to swindle saps. Doc Wertham panned this mag in the opening chapter of SOTI: "A pretty young girl... has herself picked up by men in cars and then robs them... She calls herself a 'hellcat' and the men 'suckers'... When brought before the judge she says defiantly: 'You can't pin a murder rap on me! I'm only seventeen!'"

A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

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