(November 1996)

DC, 1996 Series
 
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14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD
Pages:
196
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Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics
Brand:
Factoid Books; [Paradox Press]
ISBN:
1-56389-285-5 Search at WorldCat
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Editing:
Bronwyn Carlton Taggart; Jim Higgins (Assistant Editor)
Format:
Color Covers, Black & White Interiors; Squarebound; Trade Paperback

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Pencils:
Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
Inks:
Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
Colors:
Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
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Indexer Notes

Letterers for interior sequences are listed as a group on page below indicia: Bob Lappan, Roxanne Starr, Agnes Pinaha, Kevin Cunningham, Hugh Monhan, and Michael DeLepine.


The Big Book of Thugs (Table of Contents)

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Pencils:
Rick Geary
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Rick Geary
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Title page with illustration.


Introduction (Table of Contents)

The Original Thugs / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Thuggees (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Tayyar Ozkan
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Tayyar Ozkan
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Street Gangs (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter One: Street Gangs.


The Bowery Boys (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Roger Langridge
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Roger Langridge
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The Dead Rabbits (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Karen Platt
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Karen Platt
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The Whyos (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Randy DuBurke
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Randy DuBurke
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The Midnight Terrors (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Bill Alger
Inks:
Bill Alger
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The Crazy Butch Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
James Romberger
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James Romberger
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The Molasses Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Kim Deitch
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Kim Deitch
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The Gangs of Old New York (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Joe Staton
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Joe Staton
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Plug Uglies (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
David Bluestein
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David Bluestein
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Yellow Henry Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Gordon Purcell
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Gordon Purcell
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The Sydney Ducks (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Batton Lash
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Batton Lash
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The Car Barn Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Kieron Dwyer
Inks:
Kieron Dwyer
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The Eastmans (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Gray Morrow
Inks:
Gray Morrow
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The We Boys Mob (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Fred Harper
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Fred Harper
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Early Americans (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Two: Early Americans.


The Doane Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Chris McLoughlin
Inks:
Chris McLoughlin
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The Secret Band of Brothers (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Rafael Kayanan
Inks:
Rafael Kayanan
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The Loomis Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Rick Geary
Inks:
Rick Geary
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Devil Ance and the Hatfield Gang (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Robin Smith
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Robin Smith
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Mother Marm Mandelbaum (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
D'Israeli D'Emon Draughtsman
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D'Israeli D'Emon Draughtsman
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?

The White Family Gang (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Glenn Barr
Inks:
Glenn Barr
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The Highbinder Society (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson
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Gahan Wilson
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Mock Duck & the Hip Sing Tong (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Val Semeiks
Inks:
Val Semeiks
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The Valley Gang (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Alex Wald
Inks:
Alex Wald
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Pirates, River Rats, and Railroad Robbers (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Indexer Notes

Introduciton to Chapter Three: Pirates, River Rats, and Railroad Robbers.


Bully Wilson and the Cave-in Rock Pirates (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Shepard Hendrix
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Shepard Hendrix
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The Swamp Angels (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Tom Sutton
Inks:
Tom Sutton
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The Bayonne-Abriel Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Larry Daley
Inks:
Larry Daley
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?

Sadie the Goat and Her Pirate Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Rick Parker
Inks:
Rick Parker
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The Hook Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Steve Liealoha
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Steve Liealoha
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Railroad-Robbing Gangs (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Dick Giordano
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Dick Giordano
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The White Hand Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
George Freeman
Inks:
George Freeman
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Wild, Wild West (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Four: Wild, Wild West.


The Doolin Gang (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Russ Heath
Inks:
Russ Heath
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The Buck Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Steve Smith
Inks:
Steve Smith
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The Red Sash Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Kirk-Albert Etienne
Inks:
Kirk-Albert Etienne
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?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:
Nate Champion; Ella Watson [Cattle Kate]; Jim Averill; Colonel Frank Wolcott; Frank Canton; Nick Ray; Sheriff Red Angus; Asa Mercer
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Old Man Harvey's Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Win Mortimer
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Win Mortimer
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The McCarty Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Ted Slampyak
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Ted Slampyak
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The Reynolds Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Hunt Emerson
Inks:
Hunt Emerson
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The Dodge City Peace Commission (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Bob Smith
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Bob Smith
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The Black Jack Ketchum Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Phil Foglio
Inks:
Phil Foglio
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The McCanles Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Dan Burr
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Dan Burr
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Vigilantes (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Five: Vigilantes.


The East Texas Regulator Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Ward Sutton
Inks:
Ward Sutton
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The Slickers: Spanking Vigilantes (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Michael Kupperman
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Michael Kupperman
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The Stranglers (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Linda Medley
Inks:
Linda Medley
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Regulators of the Carolinas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Mick McMahon
Inks:
Mick McMahon
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Tobacco Night Riders (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Chas Truog
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Chas Truog
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The Hounds (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Leslie Sternbergh
Inks:
Josef Rubinstein
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American Protective League (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Steve Lieber
Inks:
Steve Lieber
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The Mollie Maguires (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Jim Fern
Inks:
Jim Fern
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Political Gangs (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
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Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chaper Six: Political Gangs.


Ragen's Colts (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Hilary Barta
Inks:
Hilary Barta
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The Rich Men's Coachmen's Club (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Paul Guinan
Inks:
Paul Guinan
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The Anarchist Bonnot (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Wm. Marshall Rogers
Inks:
Wm. Marshall Rogers
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College Kidnappers Club (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Alfredo Alcala
Inks:
Alfredo Alcala
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The Ohio Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Joe Sacco
Inks:
Joe Sacco
Letters:
?

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The Bliss Bank Ring (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Jeff Parker
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Jeff Parker
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The Brady Gang (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
Graham Manley
Inks:
Graham Manley
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The Bloody Tubs (Table of Contents)

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Script:
Joel Rose
Pencils:
S. M. Taggart
Inks:
S. M. Taggart
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Biographies (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Short biographies on the writer and artists featured in the book.


Bibliography (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

List of sources.


Copyright Information (Table of Contents)

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Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Big Book of Thugs
  3. 2. Introduction
    The Original Thugs
  4. 3. Thuggees
  5. 4. Street Gangs
  6. 5. The Bowery Boys
  7. 6. The Dead Rabbits
  8. 7. The Whyos
  9. 8. The Midnight Terrors
  10. 9. The Crazy Butch Gang
  11. 10. The Molasses Gang
  12. 11. The Gangs of Old New York
  13. 12. Plug Uglies
  14. 13. Yellow Henry Gang
  15. 14. The Sydney Ducks
  16. 15. The Car Barn Gang
  17. 16. The Eastmans
  18. 17. The We Boys Mob
  19. 18. Early Americans
  20. 19. The Doane Gang
  21. 20. The Secret Band of Brothers
  22. 21. The Loomis Gang
  23. 22. Devil Ance and the Hatfield Gang
  24. 23. Mother Marm Mandelbaum
  25. 24. The White Family Gang
  26. 25. The Highbinder Society
  27. 26. Mock Duck & the Hip Sing Tong
  28. 27. The Valley Gang
  29. 28. Pirates, River Rats, and Railroad Robbers
  30. 29. Bully Wilson and the Cave-in Rock Pirates
  31. 30. The Swamp Angels
  32. 31. The Bayonne-Abriel Gang
  33. 32. Sadie the Goat and Her Pirate Gang
  34. 33. The Hook Gang
  35. 34. Railroad-Robbing Gangs
  36. 35. The White Hand Gang
  37. 36. Wild, Wild West
  38. 37. The Doolin Gang
  39. 38. The Buck Gang
  40. 39. The Red Sash Gang
  41. 40. Old Man Harvey's Gang
  42. 41. The McCarty Gang
  43. 42. The Reynolds Gang
  44. 43. The Dodge City Peace Commission
  45. 44. The Black Jack Ketchum Gang
  46. 45. The McCanles Gang
  47. 46. Vigilantes
  48. 47. The East Texas Regulator Gang
  49. 48. The Slickers: Spanking Vigilantes
  50. 49. The Stranglers
  51. 50. Regulators of the Carolinas
  52. 51. Tobacco Night Riders
  53. 52. The Hounds
  54. 53. American Protective League
  55. 54. The Mollie Maguires
  56. 55. Political Gangs
  57. 56. Ragen's Colts
  58. 57. The Rich Men's Coachmen's Club
  59. 58. The Anarchist Bonnot
  60. 59. College Kidnappers Club
  61. 60. The Ohio Gang
  62. 61. The Bliss Bank Ring
  63. 62. The Brady Gang
  64. 63. The Bloody Tubs
  65. 64. Biographies
  66. 65. Bibliography
  67. 66. Copyright Information
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