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Issue: Underworld #2
Publication Date: April 1948
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Issues: #2 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagD.S. Publishing
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: D.S. Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover has "Underworld True Crime Stories", indicia just has "Underworld". Indexed from scanned copy at goldenagecomics.co.uk.
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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
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Genres: crime
First Line: What's the matter, Ma?
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Lose Weight Where It Shows Most

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First Line: Like a magic wand, the "Spot Reducer" obeys your every wish.
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Mother Knows Best!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Ma Beamus (crook); Joe Beamus; Betty Beamus; Lou Beamus; Haven (kidnap victim)
First Line: I brought you kids up right – rub out those coppers like I taught you!
Synopsis: Ma Beamus and her kids run afoul of the law.
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Pages: 10
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The Notorious Angel Face

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Connie Farrar (crook); Hubert Grosvenor
First Line: The face of an angel...the should of the devil!
Synopsis: Connie Farrar, a pretty girl, gets away with a number of crimes, but eventually is caught.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Electric chair panel.
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Case of the Crooked Clock - A Real-Life Crime Story

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Real-Life Crime Story
Character(s): Chief of Police J. C. Daly; F. B. I. Agent Sam Greenberg
First Line: Chief of Police J. C. Daly turned the treasury note over in his hand...
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Envy

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Mrs. Westview; Renee; Joe (crook)
First Line: I'll take these sparklers!
Synopsis: A maid borrows her boss's jewels, then her underworld boyfriend convinces her to help him steal the rest.
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Blazing Guns

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Johnny Trigger; Blackie Robillard (crook); Rocky Herbert (crook)
First Line: Dere's Johnny Trigger and his gang, boys! Let 'em have it!
Synopsis: Johnny Trigger learns about being a gangster.
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Crime at Midnight

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Moran (crook); Muggsy (juvenile deliquent); Mrs. Wallingford (robbery victim)
First Line: Where did those two other thugs disappear to?
Synopsis: A gangster pays a kid to swipe tires, but he ends up swiping the tires off the gangster's getaway car!
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The Human Gorilla

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Genres: crime
Character(s): The Human Gorilla; Hilda Willis; Mary
First Line: It's the human gorilla! Shoot!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Street sign in splash panel "MA--"
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Look, Feller – Now You Can Keep Your Comic Books in This Swell Personal Comic Album

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First Line: With your own full name printed on the cover!
Synopsis: Store your comic books in this Personal Comic Album (before plastic bags or mylar). Holds 50 of your favorite comic magazines in neat, book-like form.
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Disclose Notes: Includes low-resolution reproduction of cover to Archie Comics #25 (Mar-Apr 1947)
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How A Simple Discovery Made Billy A Very Happy Boy

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Feature(s): Dale Shears School of Music
Synopsis: Comic strip ad about learning to play piano the easy way. Sequential panel art.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Talk-Sing-Play Through Your Own Radio

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First Line: Amaze and mystify your friends by talking about them over your own radio.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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Make Your Own Records

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First Line: Enjoy making records in the privacy of your own home
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Continuous Running Hot Water From Your Cold Water Faucet

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Feature(s): Flu-Hot, Inc.
First Line: Improved faucet heater with built-in thermostat!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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