Vic Flint #1 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
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Publication Date: August 1948
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Genre: Crime / Detective / Mystery
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Pages: 32
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
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Creators: Ralph Lane and Ernest Lynn (credited as Michael O'Malley)
🔥 Key Significance
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Introduces comic-strip private detective Vic Flint in his own comic-book series.
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Features classic hard-boiled detective storytelling, with colorful criminals, mysterious murders, and dangerous investigations.
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The lead story centers on a mysterious cowboy named Dice, a $500 bill, a rendezvous at a gold clock, and a bizarre killer known as "Hippo."
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Also includes Jimmy Dexter, Racket-Buster, in a crime story involving corruption and contaminated water.
📖 Story Highlights
- “Vic Flint: Hand Blocked for Murder”
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A mysterious cowboy named Dice gives Vic Flint a $500 bill and instructs him to meet at the "gold clock" at 10 PM.
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Minutes later, Dice is murdered, sending Vic into an investigation involving a mysterious trinket and a massive killer known as "Hippo."
- “Jimmy Dexter, Racket-Buster: The Case of the Dangerous Water”
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Jimmy Dexter investigates a cover-up involving polluted water at a newly opened resort.
- “Catch That Rat!”
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Additional crime and detective feature.
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Creator and story details are not specified in the supplied information.
📌 Additional Details
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Creators: Stories and artwork by Ralph Lane and Ernest Lynn, who worked under the credit Michael O'Malley.
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Format: Full-color Golden Age crime and detective anthology.
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The issue combines private-eye mystery with crime-busting adventure.
Vic Flint #1 is an entertaining Golden Age detective comic, led by a hard-boiled mystery featuring a murdered cowboy, a mysterious $500 bill, and one particularly memorable villain: "Hippo."
