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| " Murder, Morphine and Me" Wow---superb Jack Cole pre-code comic book goodness! |
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| Publication | May 1947 [1948] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner) | Inks:? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: James Kent (crook) |
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| Comic Story | $100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: James Kent; Sadie; George Kern; Tom Carlson |
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| Comic Story | Murder, Morphine and Me! (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | The 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. |
| Content | Genre: 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) |
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| Text Story | Murder Is a Short Road! (2.1 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? ( spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Spread over four pages, the balance of the space is taken up with advertisements. |
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| Comic Story | Demons Dance on Galloway Moor! (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Sawney; Mary |
| Notes | A very rare tale of cannibalism. |
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| Comic Story | Boston's Bloody Gang War (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Big Phil Cappolla; Little Mike Turk; Sally Turk; Angelo Olivier |
| Notes | Keith 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. |
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| Cartoon | Crime on My Hands (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | A Match for Satan (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Neil Bowman |
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| Featuring | Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers |
| Notes | Includes low-resolution reproduction of cover to Marvel Mystery Comics #81 (March 1947) |
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