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Issue: Famous Players: The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagNBM
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Indicia Publisher: Nantier • Beall • Minoustchine Publishing inc.
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Pages: 88
ISBN: 9781561635559
UPC/EAN: 978156163555951595
Price: $15.95 USD
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Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover, black and white interior
Dimensions: 16cm x 24cm
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Colorist(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
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Title Page and Credits

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Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
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Famous Players Bibliography

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): typeset
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Los Angeles and Vicinity 1922

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
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Los Angeles and the Hollywood District 1922

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
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400-414 Alvarado St. Los Angeles February 1, 1922

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): William Desmond Taylor; Edna Purviance; Douglas MacLean; Faith MacLean
Synopsis: A diagram of William Desmond Taylor's bungalow.
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Part I: This Is Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): William S. Hart; Thomas Edison; D. W. Griffith; William Fox; Louis B. Mayer; Samuel Goldwyn; Carl Laemmle; Mack Sennett; Charlie Chaplin; Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; Keystone Cops; Mabel Normand; Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky; Mary Pickford; Mary Miles Minter; Cecil B. DeMille; William Desmond Taylor; Virginia Rappe
Synopsis: The story of filmmaking in Hollywood up to 1922.
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Part II: The Discovery of the Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): William Desmond Taylor; Gloria Swanson; Henry Peavey; Emile Jesserun; Edna Purviance; Mabel Normand; Thomas Ziegler; Francis Wallis; Fred Parsons; Charles Eyton; George Hopkins; Julia Crawford Ivers; Edward Sands
Synopsis: Film director William Desmond Talor is found dead by his cook. The police lose control of the chaotic crime scene as gawkers and industry insiders interfere with the investigation before they even arrive.
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Part III: The Fatal Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): William Desmond; Douglas Fairbanks; Howard Fellows; Marjorie Berger; Jesse Lasky; Henry Peavey; Mabel Normand; William Davis; Douglas MacLean; Faith MacLean
Synopsis: An account of the events on William Desmond Taylor's last night alive.
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Part IV: Who Was William Desmond Taylor?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): William Desmond Taylor; Theda Bara; Mary Miles Minter; Charlotte Shelby; Henry Peavey; Thomas Woolwine; Marjorie Berger; Ada Deane-Tanner; Ethel May Hamilton; Neva Gerber; Claire Windsor; Kathleen Clifford; Betty Compson; Mabel Normand; Edward Sands
Synopsis: William Desmond Taylor's unusual life and multiple identities prior to becoming a motion picture director.
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Part V: The Suspects

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): Francis X. Bushman; William Desmond Taylor; Mary Miles Minter; Charlotte Shelby; Thomas Woolwine; Henry Peavey; Mabel Normand; Samuel Goldwyn; Mack Sennett
Synopsis: Various people are suspected of killing Taylor but no solid clues emerge.
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Part VI: An Open Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Geary
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): Rick Geary
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Treasury of XXth Century Murder
Character(s): Lillian Gish; Mary Miles Minter; Mabel Normand; Will Hays; Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; Wallace Reid; Barbara La Marr; Olive Thomas; Jeanne Eagels; Rudolph Valentino; Asa Keyes; Buron Fitts; Henry Peavey; Thelma Todd; Lupe Velez; Elizabeth Short; Marilyn Monroe; George Reeves; James Dean; Nick Adams; Sal Mineo; Natalie Wood; William Holden; River Phoenix; Phil Hartman
Synopsis: The murder of William Desmond Taylor remains unsolved. Various other Hollywood deaths are touched upon.
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