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Issue: True Crime Comics #1
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMagazine Village
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Village Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1949
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Editor credit reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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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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Cover, Front
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Boston's Bloody Gang War

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Phil Coppolla (photo); Angie
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Pages: 1
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Boston's Bloody Gang War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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From Issue: FlagTrue Crime Comics v1 #2 published May 1947
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel)
Inker(s): ? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crime On My Hands
First Line: I got the seeds from my congressman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four gag panels of which two are signed by Will Johnson, one by Jack Cole and the other as 'C O H'.

Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).
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Punishment Through the Ages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Through the ages man has been punished...
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Pages: 1
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The Hanging Judge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, western
Character(s): Judge Isaac Charles Parker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : The artist is credited as Jack Small. Edwin Jon Smalle, who most notably drew Congo Bill for National for many years, is credited by Bails as being a member of the Funnies Inc. shop at this date. 'Jack' is a common form for 'Jo(h)n'. It seems like a possibile identification.
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His Name Was Mudd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical
Character(s): John Wilkes Booth; Doctor Samuel Mudd; Lt. Lovett; Burke; President Johnson; Mrs. Mudd
First Line: The President is shot!
Synopsis: The arrest, trial and sentencing of Doctor Samuel Mudd for treating Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. His heroism during an attack of yellow fever while imprisoned on Devil's Island results in a Presidential Pardon.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crime On My Hands
First Line: Oh, Clancy. I could stay like this forever!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four gag panels (none signed).

Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).
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A True Crime Exclusive - Check the March of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: This man could be you...
Synopsis: Your mistakes create a springboard for crime! Don't be a sucker...! Be careful...! Four different criminal incidents are described.
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Comic story connected to the offer of winning $5, if you describe a personal, criminal incident and send it to the publisher. The four most suitable stories would be published in future issues.
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Would you like to win $5.00? Send in your true personal incidents.

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The accompanying text to the previous comic story. Here you are invited to send your true stories of criminal incidents and then you might win 5 USD and your story will be published in the comic book.
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Big Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Winnie McKeever (crook); Arthur Wright (crook)
First Line: I'm Winnie McKeever...
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Pages: 5
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Of Paste and Pearls

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Joe Nale
First Line: Green light.
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Pages: 2
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The Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Ernest Proughly; Bregher (crook); Police Chief Dennis Brockton
First Line: Yes...Get set for the fantastic story of Ernest Proughly...
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Pages: 7

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