| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August-September 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Cover | Boston's Bloody Gang War |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Phil Coppolla (photo); Angie |
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| Comic Story | Boston's Bloody Gang War (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Featuring | Crime On My Hands |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel) | Inks:? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four gag panels of which two are signed by Will Johnson, one by Jack Cole and the other as 'C O H'.
Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971). |
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| Comic Story | Punishment Through the Ages (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Hanging Judge (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Western-frontier | Characters: Judge Isaac Charles Parker |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : The artist is credited as Jack Small. Edwin Jon Smalle, who most notably drew Congo Bill for National for many years, is credited by Bails as being a member of the Funnies Inc. shop at this date. 'Jack' is a common form for 'Jo(h)n'. It seems like a possibile identification. |
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| Comic Story | His Name Was Mudd (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The arrest, trial and sentencing of Doctor Samuel Mudd for treating Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. His heroism during an attack of yellow fever while imprisoned on Devil's Island results in a Presidential Pardon. |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Historical | Characters: John Wilkes Booth; Doctor Samuel Mudd; Lt. Lovett; Burke; President Johnson; Mrs. Mudd |
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| Featuring | Crime On My Hands |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four gag panels (none signed).
Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971). |
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| Comic Story | A True Crime Exclusive - Check the March of Crime! (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Your mistakes create a springboard for crime! Don't be a sucker...! Be careful...! Four different criminal incidents are described. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Comic story connected to the offer of winning $5, if you describe a personal, criminal incident and send it to the publisher. The four most suitable stories would be published in future issues. |
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| Activity | Would you like to win $5.00? Send in your true personal incidents. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | The accompanying text to the previous comic story. Here you are invited to send your true stories of criminal incidents and then you might win 5 USD and your story will be published in the comic book. |
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| Comic Story | Big Time (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Winnie McKeever (crook); Arthur Wright (crook) |
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| Text Story | Of Paste and Pearls (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Joe Nale |
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| Comic Story | The Terror (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Ernest Proughly; Bregher (crook); Police Chief Dennis Brockton |
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