Here's a short comic story with enough of a plotline to fill a b-movie!
(Today, it would probably be a four-issue mini-series!)
This never-reprinted story from Centaur's Keen Detective Funnies V2N12 (1939) was written and illustrated by Clair S Moe, one of the few women working in the pre-World War II comics industry.
(During the war, a number of women entered the business due to so many male writers and artist serving in the armed forces!)
You'll note some of the pages are black and white, while others are only two-color.
In order to save money on books that might not have been selling well, sections of some comics were four-color (usually the ones with the popular, ongoing series), while others with one-shot tales like this were two-color/black and white.
It really didn't save much money, and the practice was discontinued industrywide around 1940.
(During the war, a number of women entered the business due to so many male writers and artist serving in the armed forces!)
You'll note some of the pages are black and white, while others are only two-color.
In order to save money on books that might not have been selling well, sections of some comics were four-color (usually the ones with the popular, ongoing series), while others with one-shot tales like this were two-color/black and white.
It really didn't save much money, and the practice was discontinued industrywide around 1940.
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