True Crime Comics
#v1#2
(May 1947 [1948])
Magazine Village,
1947 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-03-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Village Inc.
- Editing
- Jack Cole?
Issue Notes
All information for this issue supplied by Craig Delich.
The year printed in the indicia is 1947, so this issue has always been considered a May 1947 issue. This appears to be incorrect for two reasons. This issue was copyrighted by Magazine Village in 1948 with a publishing date (i.e. on-sale date) of March 2, 1948, making the cover date actually May 1948. Also, this issue includes an ad for a Personal Comics Album. As best as can be determined, these ads did not start appearing until comics cover-dated September 1947, and continued in 1948.
The year printed in the indicia is 1947, so this issue has always been considered a May 1947 issue. This appears to be incorrect for two reasons. This issue was copyrighted by Magazine Village in 1948 with a publishing date (i.e. on-sale date) of March 2, 1948, making the cover date actually May 1948. Also, this issue includes an ad for a Personal Comics Album. As best as can be determined, these ads did not start appearing until comics cover-dated September 1947, and continued in 1948.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Cole; ? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner)
- Inks
- Jack Cole; ? (photo of Police Officer in top left corner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- James Kent (crook)
- Reprints
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in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1148 - The Complete True Crime Comics - in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #4 (November 1986)
- in Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits (Chronicle Books, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2037 - A Jack Cole Treasury: Volume 2 ([July] 2018) [cover]
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$100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'll never get away with it, Kent!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- James Kent; Sadie; George Kern; Tom Carlson
- Reprints
-
in True Crime Comics (Alval Publishers, 1948 series) #4 (November 1948) - in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #4 (November 1986)
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Murder, Morphine and Me!
comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The true confessions of a dope smuggler...
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Characters
- Mary Kennedy [aka Jane] (villain, reforms, narrator); Olsen "Olie" Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Joseph Donnici (city chemist, death); Jacobs [aka The Professor] (of the Federal Narcotics Bureau); Mac (Jacob's partner); Mr. Cushing (villain, dope peddler); Tony Petrillo (villain, dope dealer, killer, death); Esther Gordon (villain, death); Esther Gordon's mob [Maxie Gordon (Esther's husband, death); Gordon (her son, death)] (villains, all die); The Big Boss [Papa Donnici] (villain, diner owner, Joseph's father)
- Synopsis
- The Johnsons hear the story of Mary Kennedy, a roomer of theirs, who left Kansas City and changed her name to escape the clutches of a drug dealer named Tony, who she was a moll for. He got her plenty of dates.....dates that were actually pushing dope on the side and when she wanted to get out of this racket, Tony reminded her that she was his front for the racket and was just as guilty as he was. Mary later learns from Jacobs, narcotics agent, that he had joined the gang to get the goods on the Big Boss, which he had. The Johnsons, after hearing the story, encouraged Mary to tell her story.
- Reprints
- in True Crime Comics (Alval Publishers, 1948 series) #4 (November 1948)
- in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #3 (September 1986) which is reprinted
-
in Maxx (Epix, 1986 series) #4/1987 (16) ([april] 1987) -
in James Bond (Semic, 1979 series) #5/1988 (uke 28 1988) - in 3-D True Crime (3-D Zone, 1992 series) (1992) [reprint in 3-D]
- in Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits (Chronicle Books, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (Running Press Book Publishers, 2008 series) (2008)
- in Sex, Drugs and Violence in the Comics (Pure Imagination, 2008 series) (2008)
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- Keywords
- Cordova Island
Murder Is a Short Road!
text story / 2.1 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? ( spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The two boys...
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in True Crime Comics (Alval Publishers, 1948 series) #4 (November 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
Spread over four pages, the balance of the space is taken up with advertisements.
Demons Dance on Galloway Moor!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where did they come from?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Sawney; Mary
- Reprints
- in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #3 (September 1986)
- in 3-D True Crime (3-D Zone, 1992 series) (1992) [reprint in 3-D]
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Indexer Notes
A very rare tale of cannibalism.
Boston's Bloody Gang War
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now boy...No tears!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Big Phil Cappolla; Little Mike Turk; Sally Turk; Angelo Olivier
- Reprints
- in True Crime Comics (Alval Publishers, 1948 series) #4 (November 1948)
- in True Crime Comics (Magazine Village, 1947 series) #v2#1 (August-September 1949)
- in True Crime Comics (Alval Publishers, 1948 series) #v2#9 (December 1949)
- in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #4 (November 1986) [splash?]
- in 3-D True Crime (3-D Zone, 1992 series) (1992) [reprint in 3-D]
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Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Art previously credited to Jack Cole, but this is a different style altogether, familiar but I cannot place it beyond a feeling that this looks like an artist who worked for E. C. Comics.
A Match for Satan
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Neil Bowman had the gift of gab...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Neil Bowman
- Reprints
- in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #3 (September 1986)
- in James Bond (Semic, 1979 series) #7/1988 (uke 42 1988)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
$100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent
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2.
Murder, Morphine and Me!
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3.
Murder Is a Short Road!
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4.
Demons Dance on Galloway Moor!
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5.
Boston's Bloody Gang War
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6.
Crime on My Hands
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7.
A Match for Satan
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8.
["Look, Fellers"]
Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jochen G.
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Mark Long
- Adam Spector
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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