(May 1944)

Lev Gleason, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-03-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic House Inc.
Brand
Lev Gleason Publications
Editing
Charles Biro; Bob Wood

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1944, page 148, registration number B620909.
Some information for this index submitted by Anthony via the GCD Errors list.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[Murder Master] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints
Keywords
hangings; meat cleavers

Career of Carrington Hill (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Mr. Crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Four Crooks and a Coffin (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Female Blue Beard (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Dick Briefer
Inks
Dick Briefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

Murder Master (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

Angel Face of Crime (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
Reprints

The Case of the Missing Monster (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

Nolan the Notorious (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson? (Table of Contents: 8)

Who Dunnit? / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks
Dick Briefer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; crime
Characters
Mary Lawson (death); Ruth Lawson; Mrs. Lawson (housekeeper); Walter Wiggin (fish merchant); Bert Dinger (clothing salesman); un-named Police Inspector; O'Rooney (Policeman); Virgil Crowe (villain, dwarf newsdealer, death)
Synopsis
On November 6, 1902, Mary Lawson was murdered as she lay in her own bed with a fish knife having the initials "W.W." on it. Although the boarder suspected of the crime had been out to the theater at the time the crime was committed, the police inspector believes another clue to the crime, a burned match, holds the identity to the real killer.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint in Crime Does not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) clearly signed by Briefer.

A Crimebuster Special (Table of Contents: 9)

Crimebuster / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro
Pencils
Charles Biro
Inks
Charles Biro
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

paper-drive promo

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Murder Master]
  2. 1. Career of Carrington Hill
  3. 2. Four Crooks and a Coffin
  4. 3. Female Blue Beard
  5. 4. Murder Master
  6. 5. Angel Face of Crime
  7. 6. The Case of the Missing Monster
  8. 7. Nolan the Notorious
  9. 8. Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson?
    Who Dunnit?
  10. 9. A Crimebuster Special
    Crimebuster
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore