(April 1949)
Marvel,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-12-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Crime Bureau Stories Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comic [round logo]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Information on this issue provided by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.
On sale date from the Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Periodicals
On sale date from the Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Periodicals
Lem Parkins, the Killer Who Couldn't Stop!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Lem Parkins
- Reprints
-
in Lawbreakers Always Lose (Bell Features, 1948 series) #7 ([circa May 1949])
-
Indexer Notes
Unknown pencils and inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.
Lem Parkins the Weak-Minded Gun-Crazy Killer!
comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- 5035
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Philip Corcoran; Lemuel 'Lem' Perkins; Janey Perkins; John 'Slim' Perkins; Louie 'Spade' Ricci; Bugsy; Horseface Horace; Billy the Kid Balbusti; Irving 'Chopper' Green; Silky Dugan; Dr. Walter Nobson; Mex Mantro; Mr. Stegmeyer; Herbert Kovert; Madge Corcoran; Bernstein; Mulloy; Joe; Gino Rosatti
- Synopsis
- Lem believes in killing people he robs to avoid witnesses. When Slim is injured during a holdup Lem abandons him and frames him for a policeman's murder. Philip sends Slim to the electric chair and Lem tries to murder Philip in revenge, but only kills Madge instead. Philip begins a dedicated campaign to get Lem. Lem and Jane change their features with plastic surgery but Philip ambushes them before they can get out of New York. Lem abandons Jane to her death then dies in a hail of police bullets.
- Keywords
- New York City
Tight Spot
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- SL-3626
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #98 (December 1950)
-
The Crime Across the Court!
Let's Play Detective / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- 5031
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Skip McCoy; Chester; Bill Grinko; Mike Trivet
- Synopsis
- After Trivet gets out of prison Grinko is soon found dead. Chester claims Trivet killed him but McCoy realizes Chester is the killer.
Kid Melton the Killer Without a Friend!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 2539
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Kid Melton; Spuds; Tom-Tom; Pete; Margie; Rip Murdock; Mr. Martin; Pinky
- Synopsis
- Kid Melton became a criminal at a young age and never stood up for his allies, turning on his friend Pinky in court. After getting out of reform school, Melton went to work for Rip Murdock but killed him to steal his moll, Margie. Melton turned the gang's activities into smuggling, but they all turned against him because of his conceited personality. Shortly after executing Melton in a driveby, the gang is arrested by the police and FBI.
- Keywords
- Cincinnati; Reno; San Francisco
Indexer Notes
A black and white reproduction of this story's opening panel appears in the November 1953 issue of Ladies' Home Journal.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lem Parkins, the Killer Who Couldn't Stop!
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1.
Lem Parkins the Weak-Minded Gun-Crazy Killer!
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2.
A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! Hi, Friends
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3.
Kako 'One-Eye' Delorte / He Left the Casbah -- Alive!
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4.
Tight Spot
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5.
[no title indexed]
Wanted by the F.B.I. -
6.
The Crime Across the Court!
Let's Play Detective -
7.
Kid Melton the Killer Without a Friend!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Matt Onan
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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