(June-July 1949)

Magazine Village, 1947 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1949-05-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Village Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Ely ?
Inks
Bill Ely ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They think they've got me trapped...
Genre
crime
Characters
Flo Barrett; Walter Scully
Reprints
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Little Angie Big Boss (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Inks
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That was "Little Angie" Walters...
Genre
crime
Characters
"Little Angie" Walters; Riley (fight promoter); Marie; Fatso (pawnbroker); Ma Walters; Pa Walters

I Tried Crime! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Max Elkan (signed as Elkan)
Inks
John Belfi (signed as Belfi)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hated the world I was born into...
Genre
crime
Characters
Flo Barrett; Walter Scully; Roger Harmon

Indexer Notes

Cover story

Belle Starr (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Inks
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
From debutante to desperado!
Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley]; Jim Reed; Sam Starr; John Shirley; William Clarke Quantrill; Edgar Watson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Justice Has A Million Eyes! (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? ( spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was Indian summer in the Oregon mountains....
Genre
crime
Characters
Hugh DeAutremont; Roy DeAutremont; Ray DeAutremont; E. E. Dougherty; Sid Bates

Wanted For Triple Murder! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Belfi (signed)
Inks
John Belfi (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This three times killer is at large!
Genre
crime
Characters
James Chalmers Osinsky

The Great Kansas State Prison Riot (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
Jed Gaines; Susan Gaines; the prison warden

Indexer Notes

The splash panel adds a commentary on contemporary comics history, in addition to a self-justification for the publishing of violent material : 'Comic magazines are currently being subjected to a barrage of criticism for portraying crime in a favorable light; for making crime and criminals glamorous. True Crime Comics does not do that. True Crime Comics is devoted to showing that crime is evil, and ugly. True Crime Comics proves that criminals never win!'

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They think they've got me trapped..."]
  2. 1. Little Angie Big Boss
  3. 2. I Tried Crime!
  4. 3. Belle Starr
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Justice Has A Million Eyes!
  7. 6. Wanted For Triple Murder!
  8. 7. The Great Kansas State Prison Riot
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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