Keen Detective Funnies was a short-lived (24 issues) comic book anthology series from Centaur, focussing on crime and detective stories, featuring reprints from Detective Picture Stories and Funny Picture Stories. There was the usual blurry blend of cops, costumed crime fighters (including the ubiquitous The Clock), G-Men, gentlemen sleuths and various other detectives (including a … Continue reading Keen Detective Funnies
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Detective Picture Stories
A short-lived (only five issues!) but significant anthology, Detective Picture Stories was the first-ever comic book to devote itself entirely to detective stories, featuring an assortment of police officers, government agents, amateur sleuths and, yes, private eyes, although the characters' actual occupations are often vague — typical of the era. Still, this early crime mag … Continue reading Detective Picture Stories