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| War Eagle had potential. Too bad this seems to be his one and only appearance. |
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| Really good read thank you |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Text Article | Crime Does Not Pay a Completely New Kind of Magazine (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Crime Kings |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897-1944); Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplin (1891-1923); Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (1899-1947); Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1893-1927); I. "Danny Field" Friedman (died 1939); Irving Penn (c1897-1939); Louis Cohen (1904-1939)(unnamed in story) |
| Notes | Story is noted as "Disgrace to the Human Race" #1. Baby Faced Nelson is announced as "Disgrace to the Human Race" #2 appearing in the next issue. |
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| Comic Story | Wild Bill Hickok (10 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Western-frontier | Characters: Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876); Tom Smith (1830-1870); John Wesley "Wes Harding" Hardin (1853-1895); Ben Thompson (1843-1884); Phil Cole (1839-1871); Mike Williams (died 1871)(appears here as Mike McWilliams) |
| Notes | signature in lower right hand corner of splash page.
Next issue blurb promises the story of Pancho Villa.
The final panel reads "Next month CRIME COMICS brings you..." (not Crime Does Not Pay). |
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| Comic Story | Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: The Esposito Brothers |
| Notes | Volp is credited on this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork here, with marked, bony cheeks and mouth often rendered in two short lines, can be found in his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason).
Last panel reads "Next month and every month CRIME COMICS will give you the real truth behind the unsung police heroes of our day." Like the last panel of the previous story, this suggests the original planned title of the comic was CRIME COMICS but was changed to CRIME DOES NOT PAY. |
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| Comic Story | The Saga of Harpshead Road (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Big Harp (dies) |
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| Comic Story | Two-Legged Rats (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jon Overs (dies) |
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| Comic Story | The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Zilla (dies) |
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| Text Story | Hollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Devil (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Crime Corner |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Twisted Cigarettes (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dick Williams |
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| Comic Story | The Blackout Murder Mystery (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Be a Detective |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | The solution appears on the last page of the War Eagle story. |
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| Comic Story | The Bond Drive (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bob Montana cameo |
| Notes | War Bond promo |
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| Text Article | Cilicia (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stamps |
| Notes | Stamp column with stamp ads. |
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| Synopsis | Although struck down with infantile paraylsis, wealthy Bill Reed, after being put down by a college rival for his sweetheart's hand, develops a set of wings, and, over a period of two years, perfects them and is able to walk again. He dedicates his life to serving mankind: foiling hijackers, rounding up public enemies, and so on until a foe emerges called the Wrench, who had suffered injuries from grabbing an incendiary bomb in the 1st World War, and who threatens the S.S. Atlantic. |
| Featuring | The War Eagle |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The War Eagle [Bill Reed] (introduction); Mrs. Reed (Bill's mother); Bonnie (Bill's sweetheart); Roger Currians; Klein (crew member on S.S. Atlantic, death); Kelly (watchman); Mike (Policeman); The Wrench (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Only appearance of the War Eagle.
The solution to the "Blackout Murder Mystery", found elsewhere in the issue, is found at the bottom of page 10. |
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