(October 1948)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-07-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Crime Bureau Stories Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas Timely discussion list.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 2, Periodicals, 1948, p. 209, Copyright number: B145074.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Lawbreakers Always Lose (Marvel, 1948 series) #4
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Cover gallery

Sold... A Life Sentence! ...To the Highest Bidder for ...25cents (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3083
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A trio of criminals rob a woman based on the false assumption that she has a lot of money hidden away. In reality they get away with 25 cents.

The Lair Of The Bat! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3242
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A series of killings near Budapest have the locals convinced it's the work of Dracula.
Keywords
Dracula; vampire

Indexer Notes

Cartoony style.

Allen Butler Woolworth (Table of Contents: 3)

Wanted by the F.B.I. / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Came The Dawn... And Sudden Death! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Palais
Inks
Walter Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3084
Genre
crime
Synopsis
The police are on the hunt for a killer of policemen.

Mud Can Talk (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-3167
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Includes an illustration within the title banner.

Double Identity! (Table of Contents: 6)

Let's Play Detective / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Allen Bellman
Pencils
Allen Bellman
Inks
Allen Bellman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3642
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Skip McCoy

The Student Who Failed! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3263
Genre
crime
Synopsis
When rejected by a beautiful woman, a student decides to become a criminal to impress her.

Indexer Notes

Bailey on theatre sign.

Death Hits The Jackpot! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3085
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A trio of criminals think that stealing slot machines is a fool proof racket.
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Sold... A Life Sentence! ...To the Highest Bidder for ...25cents
  3. 2. The Lair Of The Bat!
  4. 3. Allen Butler Woolworth
    Wanted by the F.B.I.
  5. 4. Came The Dawn... And Sudden Death!
  6. 5. Mud Can Talk
  7. 6. Double Identity!
    Let's Play Detective
  8. 7. The Student Who Failed!
  9. 8. Death Hits The Jackpot!
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  • Rob Johnson
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matt Onan
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Tom Zsolt
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