Sarg Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 This is kind of interesting if you're into comics and "true crime" http://zodiackiller.fr.yuku.com/topic/7089/Found-it-By-Fire-By-Gun-By-Knife-By-Rope?page=1#.U4podCjt020 One of the Zodiac Killer's cards to the San Francisco newspaper had the words "by gun" ... "by knife" ... "by fire" ... "by rope" -- meaning, he was murdering people by these methods. These exact same words are found on the "death wheel" cover of Tim Holt Comics #30 (1952). Zodiac also painted a red mask on the skeleton of his card, and the character on the cover is the Red Mask. Coincidence? It would certainly be bizarre if a 1952 western comic book in any way inspired a serial killer in 1968-70. But the Zodiac Killer was not your average person. Beige and ComicConnoisseur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The book in question gino2paulus2, Larryw7, ComicConnoisseur and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) The book in question What makes it yet even more interesting is The Zodiac Killer was masked as Tim Holt was on this cover. Edited June 1, 2014 by ComicConnoisseur 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 One man believes his father was the killer and that the comic is actually further evidence to that. I have no idea of the reliability of this author or the online community that seems to be trying to determine the identity of Zodiac. http://stevehodel.com/2014/05/new-zodiac-halloween-card-link-examines-zero-degrees-separation-george-hodel/ Link to book excerpt http://stevehodel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BDA-II-by-rope-by-gun-by-knife-by-fire.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 That's my book and my scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 One man believes his father was the killer and that the comic is actually further evidence to that. I have no idea of the reliability of this author or the online community that seems to be trying to determine the identity of Zodiac. http://stevehodel.com/2014/05/new-zodiac-halloween-card-link-examines-zero-degrees-separation-george-hodel/ Link to book excerpt http://stevehodel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BDA-II-by-rope-by-gun-by-knife-by-fire.pdf Hodel makes a good case for his father being the Black Dahlia murderer ( though certainly not air tight), but seems to be reaching when he tries to do so with the Zodiac Killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Watching the history channel made me pull out my copy... gino2paulus2, Larryw7 and ComicConnoisseur 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Yep saw it too at the last episode. I'm pretty sure the comic influenced him making his death cards exactly to the tee. Can't wait to see who their #1 suspect is between Sullivan or Kane... Or could be someone else not mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post adamstrange Posted December 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2017 Church copy Rip, BEAUMONTS, Sqeggs and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 What of someone out there has the very same copy the Zodiac killer had back then and then had it slabbed by CGC. Will they label it as being the Zodiac killer copy? Wonder what something like that would sell for. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iksar Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 This comic was shown on the History channel's Search for Zodiac a few weeks ago. I was wondering exactly what issue it was. Turns out I have a copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 08/12/2017 at 3:14 PM, Dark Knight said: Yep saw it too at the last episode. I'm pretty sure the comic influenced him making his death cards exactly to the tee. Can't wait to see who their #1 suspect is between Sullivan or Kane... Or could be someone else not mentioned. And it ends with no resolution! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 7 hours ago, piper said: And it ends with no resolution! Of course they're going to save it for season 2 or even beyond . I wanna know already.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post szav Posted July 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Happy that I finally scored a killer copy of this future classic for pretty cheap... pretty awesome cover and book on its own even without the Zodiac connection. This copy came from a dealer in California too...maybe I should dust it for prints... Edited July 13, 2018 by szavisca comicnoir, Tri-Color Brian, Sqeggs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 45 minutes ago, szavisca said: Happy that I finally scored a killer copy of this future classic for pretty cheap... pretty awesome cover and book on its own even without the Zodiac connection. This copy came from a dealer in California too...maybe I should dust it for prints... Welcome to the Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post szav Posted October 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 6:30 PM, sagii said: Welcome to the Club And Presto....purchased as a 4.0 raw...no unholy improvements made to the book. Happy Days Point Five, gino2paulus2, adamstrange and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Thanks a lot for this thread. Book is high on my wants and now the price has just tripled Of course finding is the trick and the fun. It is cool book and interesting story to the Zodiac killer. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) @szavisca With it's nice color strike, it looks amazing in the slab! Edited October 20, 2018 by sagii 1950's war comics and szav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szav Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Looks like its no longer under the radar...4.0ish smelly copy went on ebay for $355...without the seller even mentioning the zodiac connection. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-TIM-HOLT-30-GOLDEN-AGE-WESTERN-GCD-VERIFIED-COMPLETE-36-PAGES-GHOST-RIDER-/382834746767?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true 1950's war comics and sagii 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...