Gang World
#5
(October 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Literary Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Road to the Morgue
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1250
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Allie Corcoran; Kate Corcoran; Kel Matzon; Doc Romano; Horse Nelson; Manvis; Richter; Tess
- Synopsis
- Allie Corcoran was just a guy out of prison when he helps a wounded mob boss.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is the safari ready to start?
- Characters
- Pud
- Synopsis
- Pud and the gang go exploring.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form for Fleer's Dubble Bubble.
[no title indexed]
Crime Facts / illustration / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1295
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The study of fingerprints was used for identification purposes during the Tang Dynasty, 618 to 906 A.D.!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Alphonse Bertillon; Bert Wentworth
Indexer Notes
Information on fingerprint use in ancient China, Alphones Bertillon and Bert Wentworth.
Danny Conway's Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1227
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Danny Conway; Hopkins; Jill Foster; Joe; Pete
- Synopsis
- Danny Conway shoots a reporter who knows too much.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Woman Killer
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Terry Hendryx
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1275
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Karen McKenna; Bob Willitz; Sanders; Al Noren
- Synopsis
- A masked killer of women is stalking the city and Karen McKenna is working late at her business.
Indexer Notes
Spot illustrations by Mastroserio.
The Gun Moll
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B1219
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Larry Brock; Claire Nolan; Pat Nolan; Magaloni; Frank
- Synopsis
- Claire loves Larry and will stand by him no matter what.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009.
The introduction identifies the guy as Larry Brooks, but the story calls him Larry Brock.
On the Lam!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1225
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Barney Riorden; Lou; Doc; Chic; Montie; Daniel Bauers; Harry Quinn; Nora Peters; Len Carver
- Synopsis
- Barney Riorden is caught and sentenced to die, but his gang breaks him out.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009.
This is the Tip-Off
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- B-1250
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Al James; Bull Hansen; George Daly
- Synopsis
- How tips help cops solve crimes and catch crooks.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Take a look, D.A.-- we have your daughter! If Mike Kroll is found guilty, she'll go in the river!"]
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1.
[Build a Fine Business... Full or Spare Time!]
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2.
Road to the Morgue
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3.
["Is the safari ready to start?"]
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4.
["The study of fingerprints was used for identification purposes during the Tang Dynasty, 618 to 906 A.D.!"]
Crime Facts -
5.
Danny Conway's Doom
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6.
Woman Killer
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7.
The Gun Moll
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8.
On the Lam!
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9.
This is the Tip-Off
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10.
["I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"]
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11.
[Cracker Jack's Magnetic Car]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Ramon Schenk
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