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Publisher: Magazine Village

Title: True Crime Comics
Issue: 2
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: May 1947 [1948]
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Jack Cole?

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Owner: Twistty1

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Cole; (photo of Police Office in inset)
Inks:Jack Cole; (photo of Police Office in inset)
Genre:crime
Characters:James Kent


Story Title: $100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:crime


Story Title: Murder, Morphine and Me! - comic story
Pages:14
Pencils:Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:Jack Cole (signed)
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.


Story Title: Murder Is a Short Road - text story
Pages:3
Letters:typeset
Genre:crime


Story Title: Demons Dance on Galloway Moor - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:crime


Story Title: Boston's Bloody Gang War - comic story
Pages:9
Pencils:Jack Cole
Inks:Jack Cole
Genre:crime


Story Title: Crime on My Hands - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:humor


Story Title: A Match for Satan - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Jack Cole
Inks:Jack Cole
Genre:crime


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
Pages:1


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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