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| This is an amazing comic when compared to the "crime Comics" of the 1950's. The stories focus on the need for better mental health treatment aimed at combating potential violent behavior by troubled individuals. Sensationalistic? Not in the usual way. A completely different approach to the subject matter of societal violence. |
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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
| Notes | Cover art for the anchor story "Death on a Dark Street".
Cover text reads: Mad Killers Menace Our Safety - Who is Next?, followed by "Don't Let Me Kill!"
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Cover art for the anchor story "Death on a Dark Street".
Cover text reads: Mad Killers Menace Our Safety - Who is Next?, followed by "Don't Let Me Kill!"
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Comic Story | The Crushed Gardenia (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Johnny Faber: a young man who "had no control of his rages". Turned down by his girl Ellie, Johnny kills her in a jealous fit. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1579 or B-1379 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Johnny Faber; Ellie Taylor (death); Doctor Paul Crane; Officer Brune; Jack Gale |
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| Comic Story | Signal 32 |
| Synopsis | Signal 32 on police radio means: "All cars proceed with caution". |
| Credits | Job #: B-1311 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime |
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| Comic Story | Don't Let Me Kill (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Alex Vorple: The ugly teen-age boy is driven to murder. Hearing voices, Alex feels compelled to drown his inferiority complex by killing girls. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1369 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Alex Vorple; Linda Krause (death); Eleanor Steiger (death) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (pencils) and Keith Chandler (inks). |
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| Text Story | Crazy Carl (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two unscrupulous businessmen murder "Crazy Carl", a hermit who won't sell them his house on the hill. Police catch the killers because Carl had whittled their faces into pieces of wood as he was dying. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Crazy Carl (death); Ned Barlick |
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| Comic Story | The Destroyer (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Walter Graves: a war-traumatized veteran who breaks down and goes on a killing spree, taking four innocent lives. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1417 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Walter Graves [The Destroyer]; Mrs. Lacey; Joe Graves; Marilyn Hayes (death) |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Murder by Moonlight (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A serial robber and killer who strikes only during moonlit nights is finally caught. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1415 |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Death on a Dark Street (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Herbert Cole: a paranoiac who turns killer when his fiancée leaves him for another man. After a second murder attempt he is trapped by the police - and jumps to his own death. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1398 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Herbert Cole; Margie; Jerry; Grace (death); Miss Allison; Detective Sandy Keller |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Job number verified from notations in margins on the original art boards. |
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