Crime Does Not Pay #23

(September 1942)

The True Story of John Dillinger (Table of Contents)

Crime Kings / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Woody Hamilton?

Pencils:

Woody Hamilton

Inks:

Woody Hamilton

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

John Dillinger (introduction, death); Melvin Purvis (introduction)

[John Crandon] (Table of Contents)

Cop Hero of the Month / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robbery (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Indexer Notes

I: George "Baby Face" Nelson (D)

Pancho Villa (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Pancho Villa (introduction, death)

The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Major (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Maurer

Inks:

Norman Maurer

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

The White-Masked Terror (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Woody Hamilton

Letters:

typeset

Three Isolated Murders (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Briefer?

Pencils:

Dick Briefer (Richard Norman)

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Two-Legged Rats (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Montana ?

Pencils:

Bob Montana

Inks:

Bob Montana

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime; fact

Characters:

Joshua the Second [Franz Creffield]; George Mitchell; Esther Mitchell

Synopsis:

Creffield starts a religious cult among the women of Corvalis, Oregon.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #[nn] (September 2011)

Indexer Notes

Franz Creffield (1871 - 1906), George Mitchell (1883 - 1906) and Esther Mitchell (1888 - 1914).
The years of Joshua's group "The Church of the Bride of Christ" was 1903 - 1906.

The Monster of Munsterberg (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carl Hubbell

Inks:

Carl Hubbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Pop Klein (introduction, death)

The Fire Fiends of Missouri (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alan Mandel (signed)

Inks:

Alan Mandel (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Synopsis:

A hotel arson results in seven deaths.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #[nn] (September 2011)