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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published May 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Charles Biro; Bob Wood

Cover Details

Genre Crime
Pencils Charles Biro (signed)
Inks Charles Biro (signed)

1 page text article "A Message from--"

Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Lists 12 rules for the Lev Gleason "code" of self-censorship. Sequence added by Gary Watson, September 2009.

13 page story "Felix Sloper"

Characters Mr. Crime (host); Felix Sloper (first appearance; death)
Genre Crime
Script Charles Biro
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Notes Cover story.

1 page On the Level filler "Hold the phone!"

Script Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Pencils Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Inks Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Notes Sequence added by Gary Watson, September 2009.

7 page story "Wilbur Underhill"

Characters Wilbur Underhill (first appearance; death)
Genre Crime
Script Bob Wood?
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

1 page What's on Your Mind? letters page

Letters typeset

6 page story "Paul Chretien, Father of Murderers"

Characters Paul Chretien (first appearance; death)
Genre Crime
Script Charles Biro?
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks John Belfi

1 page filler "This Is Our Testimony!"

3 page text story "A Lesson in Murder"

Genre Crime
Pencils George Tuska (illustrations)
Inks George Tuska (illustrations)
Letters typeset

7 page story "Benny Mickson"

Characters Benny Mickson (first appearance; death); Mary Black (first appearance)
Genre Crime
Script Charles Biro?
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta
Notes story also told in TRUE CRIME #2 (Magazine Village)

1 page On the Level filler "William Williams..."

Script Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Pencils Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Inks Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore]
Notes Sequence added by Gary Watson, September 2009.

6 page Who Dunnit? story "Murder of the Merry Widow"

Genre Crime
Script Bob Wood?
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer