Grade | GD 2.0 |
Year | 1945 |
Publisher | Rural Home Publishing Co. |
3" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple.
This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have major defects. Allowed defects for this grade include: vertical book-length crease, spine split up to two inches long, detached cover or centerfold, writing or other marks on the cover, major tears, piece or pieces missing, water damage, heavy discoloration or brittleness due to oxidation, and other types of discoloration, staining, or brittleness.
Cover by Leonard Starr. Stories and art by Harry Fisk and Chu F. Hing. Adventure comics from Rural Home Publishing. Teen detective Dinky Dibbs and his parrot sidekick Cracker discover bank robbers hiding out in a mausoleum. When a woman dies after one of his practical jokes, vaudeville comedian Mike suspects there's more to the story, and investigates as The Prankster. After men are murdered in a steam-bath, Jim Lawson becomes the masked crime-fighter known as The Judge to investigate. Wild Way of the Hill Country; Dinky Dibbs, Detective: Death Robs a Bank; The Prankster; Boss of the Alleys; Fifty Fathoms Foster: Three Tickets to Death; The Judge and the Jury: Little Black Book Murder; Chip; Red Riot. 52 pages, Full Color.
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