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Issue: True Crime Comics #2
Publication Date: May 1947
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMagazine Village
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Village, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/02/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Cole?
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Cole; (photo of Police Office in inset)
Jack Cole; (photo of Police Office in inset)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
James Kent
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #4 published November 1986
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
$100.00 Reward for Information Leading to the Capture of James Kent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole?
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #4 published November 1986
as James Kent [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Murder, Morphine and Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole ?
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
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)
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.
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #3 published September 1986
as Murder Morphine and Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Flag3-D True Crime #[nn] published January 1992
as Murder, Morphine and Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint in 3-D
FlagJack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits #[nn] published August 2001
as Murder Morphine and Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Murder, Morphine, and Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
Murder Is a Short Road

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Demons Dance on Galloway Moor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole?
Jack Cole (signed)
Jack Cole (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #3 published September 1986
as Demons Dance on Galloway Moor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Flag3-D True Crime #[nn] published January 1992
as Demons Dance on Golloway Moor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint in 3-D
 
Miscellaneous
6
Boston's Bloody Gang War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #4 published November 1986
as Boston's Bloody Gang War [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]splash?
Flag3-D True Crime #[nn] published January 1992
as Boston's Bloody Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint in 3-D
 
Miscellaneous
9
Crime on My Hands

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A Match for Satan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
FlagMr. Monster's Super Duper Special #3 published September 1986
as A Match for Satan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
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?
Subject Matter
Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
Look, Fellers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes low-resolution reproduction of cover to Marvel Mystery Comics #81 (March 1947)

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