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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published March 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Notes MURDEROUS GANGSTERS, March 1952 -- Vol. 1, No. 3. Published quarterly by REALISTIC COMICS, INC., 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y. Index revised based on a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/ by Jim Van Dore, March 2009.

Cover Details

Genre Crime
Letters typeset
Notes MURDEROUS GANGSTERS, March 1952 -- Vol. 1, No. 3. Published quarterly by REALISTIC COMICS, INC., 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y. Index revised based on a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/ by Jim Van Dore, March 2009.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Notes On inside front cover. Preview of the issue's stories.
Reprinted in Sensational Police Cases (Avon, 1952 series) #[nn - 1]

7 page story "Killer Bait!"

Characters Hank Terlo (convict)
Synopsis "The prison authorities knew that treacherous Hank Terlo was greedy...and this enabled them to capture the gangster's entire mob in one showdown dragnet that was full of terror, danger, and---death!" (from table of contents)
Genre Crime
Pencils Michael Becker (signed)
Inks Vince Alascia (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Sensational Police Cases (Avon, 1952 series) #[nn - 1]

1 page text story "Blind Man's Buff!"

Letters typeset
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7 page story "Brothers in Crime!"

Characters Tony Fenner; Bud Fenner (criminal brothers and rivals)
Synopsis "Tony Fango could control an entire underworld syndicate of crime, but not his vicious and resentful brother, Bud! Tony and Bud Fenner--- 'Brothers in Crime!'" (from table of contents)
Genre Crime
Pencils Gerald McCann
Inks Gerald McCann
Notes Tony's last name is also given as Sango and Fango in the intro. Art identification from Gary Watson, June 2009.
Reprinted in Sensational Police Cases (Avon, 1952 series) #[nn - 1]

4 page story "Jed Hawkins-- Cold-Blooded Killer!"

Synopsis "The glitter of gold affected Jed Hawkins strangely. he desired the precious metal enough to kill for it! But Justice in the form of Sheriff Gregg caught up with Jed, when a strange trick of science showed that he had committed-- murder!" (from table of contents)
Letters typeset
Notes Cold-Blooded Killer is in lower case in the title.
Reprinted in Sensational Police Cases (Avon, 1952 series) #[nn - 1]

2 page text story "The Imperfect Crime!"

Letters typeset
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6 page story "Nick Marek -- Shakedown Racketeer!"

Characters Nick Marek (racketeer)
Synopsis "A little guy with bloody ideas wanted a racket that would make him a big man in the underworld! So Marek picked the most dangerous business of all -- shaking down the crooks themselves!" (from table of contents)
Genre crime
Pencils Ed Goldfarb (signed)
Inks Bob Baer (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Sensational Police Cases (Avon, 1952 series) #[nn - 1]