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Magazine Village: True Crime Comics
Date | Number: v1 2 | Lang: English (en)
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   By GROGG !!
" Murder, Morphine and Me" Wow---superb Jack Cole pre-code comic book goodness!
  
Additional Information
 
PublicationMay 1947 [1948] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly
 
CreditsPencils:? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner) | Inks:? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: James Kent (crook)
 
Comic Story$100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: James Kent; Sadie; George Kern; Tom Carlson
 
Comic StoryMurder, Morphine and Me! (14 pages)
SynopsisThe Johnsons hear the story of Mary Kennedy, a roomer of theirs, who left Kansas City and changed her name to escape the clutches of a drug dealer named Tony, who she was a moll for. He got her plenty of dates.....dates that were actually pushing dope on the side and when she wanted to get out of this racket, Tony reminded her that she was his front for the racket and was just as guilty as he was. Mary later learns from Jacobs, narcotics agent, that he had joined the gang to get the goods on the Big Boss, which he had. The Johnsons, after hearing the story, encouraged Mary to tell her story.
ContentGenre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Mary Kennedy [aka Jane] (villain, reforms, narrator); Olsen "Olie" Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Joseph Donnici (city chemist, death); Jacobs [aka The Professor] (of the Federal Narcotics Bureau); Mac (Jacob's partner); Mr. Cushing (villain, dope peddler); Tony Petrillo (villain, dope dealer, killer, death); Esther Gordon (villain, death); Esther Gordon's mob [Maxie Gordon (Esther's husband, death); Gordon (her son, death)] (villains, all die); The Big Boss [Papa Donnici] (villain, diner owner, Joseph's father)
 
Text StoryMurder Is a Short Road! (2.1 pages)
CreditsPencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? ( spot illustration) | Letters: typeset
ContentGenre: Crime
NotesSpread over four pages, the balance of the space is taken up with advertisements.
 
Comic StoryDemons Dance on Galloway Moor! (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Sawney; Mary
NotesA very rare tale of cannibalism.
 
Comic StoryBoston's Bloody Gang War (9 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Big Phil Cappolla; Little Mike Turk; Sally Turk; Angelo Olivier
NotesKeith Chandler : Art previously credited to Jack Cole, but this is a different style altogether, familiar but I cannot place it beyond a feeling that this looks like an artist who worked for E. C. Comics.
 
CartoonCrime on My Hands (1 page)
ContentGenre: Humor
 
Comic StoryA Match for Satan (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Neil Bowman
 
FeaturingPersonal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
NotesIncludes low-resolution reproduction of cover to Marvel Mystery Comics #81 (March 1947)
 
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