Underworld #v1#2
(April-May 1948)

D.S. Publishing, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
D.S. Publishing Company, Inc.
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Issue Notes

Cover has "Underworld True Crime Stories", indicia just has "Underworld". Indexed from scanned copy at goldenagecomics.co.uk.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the matter, Ma?
Genre
crime
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Lose Weight Where It Shows Most (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mother Knows Best! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
Ma Beamus and her kids run afoul of the law.

The Notorious Angel Face (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
Connie Farrar, a pretty girl, gets away with a number of crimes, but eventually is caught.

Indexer Notes

Electric chair panel.

Case of the Crooked Clock (Table of Contents: 4)

A Real-Life Crime Story / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Kraus (credited)
Letters
Typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Envy (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? [as Cooper]
Inks
? [as Cooper]
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A maid borrows her boss's jewels, then her underworld boyfriend convinces her to help him steal the rest.

Indexer Notes

Story is signed "Cooper."

Blazing Guns (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
Johnny Trigger learns about being a gangster.

Crime at Midnight (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A gangster pays a kid to swipe tires, but he ends up swiping the tires off the gangster's getaway car!

The Human Gorilla (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Whitman
Inks
Maurice Whitman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Street sign in splash panel "MA--"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How A Simple Discovery Made Billy A Very Happy Boy (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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Talk - Sing - Play (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What's the matter, Ma?"]
  2. 1. Lose Weight Where It Shows Most
  3. 2. Mother Knows Best!
  4. 3. The Notorious Angel Face
  5. 4. Case of the Crooked Clock
    A Real-Life Crime Story
  6. 5. Envy
  7. 6. Blazing Guns
  8. 7. Crime at Midnight
  9. 8. The Human Gorilla
  10. 9. ["Look, Fellers"]
    Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
  11. 10. How A Simple Discovery Made Billy A Very Happy Boy
  12. 11. Talk - Sing - Play
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