''Headline Comics (For The American Boy)'' was an American comics magazine published by

Prize Comics A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.

(under the indicia titles American Boys' Comics, Inc. for 21 issues, and Headline Publications, Inc. for 26 issues) from February 1943 – October 1956. The comic was transformed from a boy superhero/adventure title to a crime comic in 1947, with issue #23 (March). The publication became an anthology of the deeds of gangsters and murderers.''The Art of the Comic Book: an Aesthetic History'', Robert C. Harvey,

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Press, 1996, Pg. 42. The original focus of the comic was the Junior Rangers. The alteration was the work of

Joe Simon Joseph Henry Simon (October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the ...

and

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gre ...

. The first feature which Simon and Kirby did for Headline Comics was the ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre''. The popularity of the switch in comic genres was sufficient to introduce a companion crime comic, ''

Justice Traps the Guilty ''Justice Traps the Guilty'' was an American comic book title, a publication of the crime comics genre created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and published by Prize Comics A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such ...

'', in October/November 1947.''The Classic Era of American Comics'', Nicky Wright, Contemporary Books, 2000, Pg. 147. Simon and Kirby differed from other comic competitors by turning out a crime comic which showed restraint in regard to sex and violence.

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{{Jack Kirby, state=collapsed Comics magazines published in the United States Crestwood Publications titles Golden Age comics titles Crime comics 1943 comics debuts 1956 comics endings Works by Joe Simon Comics by Jack Kirby Magazines established in 1943 Magazines disestablished in 1956