(September 1942)

Lev Gleason, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1942-07-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic House Inc.
Brand
Published by Comic House Inc.
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, 1942, page 316, registration number B552821.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Biro
Inks
Charles Biro
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
John Dillinger; Baby Face Nelson; Jim Hamilton
Reprints
Keywords
cells; convicts; prison guards; prison riots; prisons; straight razors
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The True Story of John Dillinger (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Woody Hamilton?
Pencils
Woody Hamilton
Inks
Woody Hamilton
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
John Dillinger (introduction, death); Melvin Purvis (introduction)
Reprints

[John Crandon] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robbery (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

I: George "Baby Face" Nelson (D)

Pancho Villa (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Pancho Villa (introduction, death)
Reprints

The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Major (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Norman Maurer
Inks
Norman Maurer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

The White-Masked Terror (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Woody Hamilton
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Three Isolated Murders (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Briefer?
Pencils
Dick Briefer (Richard Norman)
Inks
Dick Briefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

Two-Legged Rats (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Montana ?
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; crime
Characters
Joshua the Second [Franz Creffield]; George Mitchell; Esther Mitchell
Synopsis
Creffield starts a religious cult among the women of Corvalis, Oregon.
Reprints

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: 9)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Hubbell
Inks
Carl Hubbell
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
Pop Klein (introduction, death)
Reprints

The Fire Fiends of Missouri (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel (signed)
Inks
Alan Mandel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A hotel arson results in seven deaths.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The True Story of John Dillinger
    Crime Kings
  3. 2. [John Crandon]
    Cop Hero of the Month
  4. 3. Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robbery
  5. 4. Pancho Villa
  6. 5. The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Major
  7. 6. The White-Masked Terror
  8. 7. Three Isolated Murders
  9. 8. Two-Legged Rats
  10. 9. The Monster of Munsterberg
  11. 10. The Fire Fiends of Missouri
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