All True Crime (1948 Marvel / Atlas) comic books 1955 or before

First issue of the series (continues from Official True Crime Cases(1947)). Cover by Syd Shores. Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Honor among thieves? Ha! Read the amazing true story of Wilbur Underhill, craven killer who learned his lesson the hard way...the deadly way...in "Killing Was His Business!" Also in this issue: John Wesley Hardin in "Guns Talked in Abilene!"; "One of These Circus Performers Is a Killer!"; 2-page text story "Born to Hang"; "He Lived with Danger!"; and "The Mighty Manhunt!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. Do you figure a condemned man thinks back on his past? Now, for the first time ever, All-True Crime will let you learn the last thoughts of a condemned killer, in the true case of Robert Mais...sentenced to die...in "All His Roads Led to the Chair!" Also in this issue: "The Murdering Mollies!"; 2-page text story "Undercover Man"; "They Always Talk!"; "The Cop They Couldn't Stop!" with pencils by Gene Colan; and "The Killer Who Loved Orchids!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Frank R. Sieminski, "KW" and unknown. In this issue: "The Shelton-Birger War!" with pencils by "KW"; "I Married Murder!" with pencils by Gene Colan; "I Confess!" with pencils by Frank R. Sieminski; 2-page text story "Blind Turn"; "Horror in the Hills!" with pencils by Colan; and "The Last Double-Cross!" with pencils by "KW." 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Very violent super busy cover, packed with plenty of action! One of our absolute favorites!

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: "The Man Who Wouldn't Let Go!"; "There Is No Escape!"; "Fear Is a Fat Man!"; 2-page text story "Tough Luck"; "The Trap!"; and "Models for Murder!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by Frank R. Sieminski and unknown. Sensational new thrillers! In this issue: "Wall of Guilt!" with pencils by Frank R. Sieminski; "Revenge!"; "Letter from the Dead!"; 2-page text story "The Plainest Clue"; "The Fatal Button!"; and "The Eyes of Doom!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Mike Becker, Frank R. Sieminski, Gene Colan, Allen Bellman and unknown. In this issue: "Strange Reunion!" with pencils by Mike Becker; "The Prison of the Mind!"; 2-page text story "Time to Kill"; "The Invisible Clue!" with pencils by Frank R. Sieminski; Let's Play Detective 2-pager "Clue by Video!" by Allen Bellman; and "The Case of the Outlaw in Black!" with pencils by Gene Colan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by John Buscema and unknown. In this issue: "Seven Long Years!" with pencils by John Buscema; "Spotlight on Crime!"; 2-page text story "Night of Terror"; "Millions for Peanuts!"; and Crime Can't Win story "Death Joins the Revelers!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Buscema. Written by unknown. Art by John Severin, Gene Colan and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! Don't miss the true life story of Dinton Phillips, the cold-blooded killer who wouldn't hurt a flea, in "Dinton Phillips" with art by John Severin. Also in this issue: "Frank Leason the Man They Called: 'Madman!'" with pencils by Gene Colan; 2-page text story "The Gag"; Salute to the Law!: "The Subway Squad!"; "I'm Bigger Than the Law!"; and "Murder Without Motive!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Buscema. Written by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, Gene Colan, Syd Shores, John Buscema and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Death House Alex!" with art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores; "Mama de Pard and Her Family of Fiends!" with pencils by Colan; 2-page text story "Squealer's Justice" with illo by John Buscema (taken from the cover); "The Case of the Killer's Revenge!"; Are You a Detective? 1-pager "Murder on the Line!" by Allen Bellman; and "With Fear in His Heart!" with art by Buscema. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. Written by unknown. Art by Mike Becker, John Buscema and unknown. In this issue: "Framed!" with pencils by Mike Becker; "Curse of the Gypsy!"; 3-page text story "The Make-Up," reprinted from Venus (1948 Marvel) #3; "He Dreamt of Doom!" with art by John Buscema; "The Verdict!"; and "Mockery of Justice" with art by Buscema. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Written by unknown. Art by Pierce Rice, Chu Hing, Mike Becker and unknown. In this issue: "The Secret of Jerry Desmond" with art by Pierce Rice and Chu Hing; "The Man Who Died For Love"; 2-page text story "Not a Chance"; "The Story of Samuel Vick, the Man Who Watched"; "Spotlight on Murder" with pencils by Mike Becker; and "The Showdown" with art by Rice and Hing. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Torn from the headlines! The grim career of the Midwest's public enemy in "Robert Marone"! Also in this issue: "Murder in the Mind"; 2-page text story "Midnight Blasters"; and ""Honest" John A. Maxwell"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by John Severin and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! "Murder Weapon" is the true story of the roaring '20s, when crime king Nick Maxim ruled the waters of Kannegat Bay! Also in this issue: "Smart Guy" with art by John Severin; 2-page text story "Easy Money"; "Frozen Trap"; "His Brother's Keeper"; and "Fear"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! Featuring the true-life story of Nevada's Vince Vanderee, the mobster who stole a million bucks but couldn't spend it, in "Vince Vanderee/The Friendless Killer!" Also in this issue: Murder waited in the shadows of the gunman's..."Hideout!"; 2-page text story "The Crooked Path!"; "Curley Flanagan/Son of John Flanagan, Killer!"; the true story of the most dangerous woman the world has ever known in "Lucrezia Borgia. Duchess. Wife. Art Patron. Murderess"; and "Peter Heslin/The Two-Gun Geek"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Pierce Rice, Vern Henkel, "KW" and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! It was just an innocent-looking stalled truck on Illinois Highway Number 10...but for Dave Meyers, it turned into a coffin! The actual case of the amazing gang war which the papers called..."The Highway Massacre"! This tale features pencils by Pierce Rice and Vern Henkel. Also in this issue: May 1930 headlines screamed out..."Death at the Auction" with pencils by "KW"; "Matches Mangin, the Crook Who Couldn't Act" with pencils by Rice; 2-page text story "Murder Is No Joke"; London still remembers..."The Crown Jewel Theft" with story by Stan Lee; and Kansas City's ""Tut" Newsome," the man who couldn't shout to save his life! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by Werner Roth, Joe Maneely, George Appel, Vern Henkel and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: The illegal shipload of human beings that became a..."Killer's Cargo" with art by Werner Roth; "The Haters!"; 2-page text story "A Buddy of Mine"; the man who kidnapped..."The Orient Express"; "When Death Wore a Dress!" with splash art by Joe Maneely and (partial?) inks by George Appel; and "Lou 'Lucky' Raven" with splash art by Maneely and pencils by Vern Henkel. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Ed Moore and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! Featuring the true life story of Baby Face Nelson, the hoodlum of the mad '30s who learned the hard way that crime hasn't got a chance against the forces of justice in "The Path of Doom"! Also in this issue: "The Man in Cell 32"; a case to stagger the imagination in "The Kid From Brooklyn"; 2-page text story "Midnight Blasters"; hero or horror in "The Highwayman" with art by Bernie Krigstein; he couldn't survive..."The White Death" with art by Ed Moore; and the most vicious gang in the world in "Black Hand"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Pierce Rice, John Tartaglione, Vernon Henkel, Bill La Cava, Al Fass, Mike Becker, Ed Moore and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! The all-true crime chronicle of Doc Channing Paulson, who committed a murder and couldn't stop running until justice halted him! Don't miss the startling true facts behind 1930's brutal..."Man Hunt in Hell's Kitchen" with art by Al Fass. Also in this issue: "He Passed the Queer" with art by Vernon Henkel (the story explains that "pass the queer" is an underworld term for distributing counterfeit money); "Earl Cardozza, the Man With No Face" with art by Bill La Cava; "The Corpse"; 2-page text story "Taken For a Ride"; "The Ugly Woman" by Carl Wessler, Pierce Rice and John Tartaglione; "Hide-Out" with art by Mike Becker; and "The Crates of Murder" with art by Ed Moore. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Sol Brodsky, Ed Moore, Larry Lieber, John Romita, Sr., Les Zakarin and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! All cases from official records! In this issue: "Shanghaied" with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Jay Scott Pike; the men who live with death in "Arson Squad" with art by Sol Brodsky; "Murder in the Bighouse" is as shocking as today's headlines, with art by Ed Moore; the strangest crime in the world in "It Happened in Prussia"; 2-page text story "The Talking Corpse"; "Cop on the Beat" with art by Larry Lieber; and "Ace Renard, King of the Bookies" with art by John Romita, Sr. and Les Zakarin. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Carl Wessler, Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Jon D'Agostino, Robert Q. Sale, Dan Loprino, Ann Brewster, Jack Keller, Chic Stone and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! The West Coast rocked with the thunder of blasting guns, and the crime syndicate of "Fingers" Contois and his gang was born! Four violent months later he was dead. Justice had been meted out by the forces of law and order who work..."While the City Sleeps"! Don't miss the whole gripping record, with art by Robert Q. Sale. Also in this issue: "The Break" at Sandston Prison in 1928, exactly as it happened, with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Jon D'Agostino; 2-page text story "The Corpse With No Face"; "In the Line of Duty" with art by Dan Loprino; the true account of California's Stubbs Gang in "Manhunt" by Wessler and Ann Brewster; he lied for him...he killed for him...and he called himself..."Jason's Deadly Friend" by Wessler and Jack Keller; "Hit and Run" with art by Chic Stone; and "The Fence" with story by Hank Chapman. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Tony DiPreta, Jay Scott Pike, Robert Q. Sale, Dan Loprino, Warren Sitton and Jack Keller. True cases proving crime can't win! The era of the terrible '20s is reborn again in this smashing chronicle of the East Coast's most insolent gangster! Here is an eye-witness account of how the courageous N.Y. Police cracked down on Mitch Hammer, America's No. 1..."Public Enemy" with art by Tony DiPreta. Also in this issue: "Death and Dr. Harlow" by Carl Wessler and Gene Colan; "The Double Crosser" with art by Jay Scott Pike; 2-page text story "Are You a Detective?"; "The Black Robe" with art by Robert Q. Sale; one of the most amazing all-true crime cases on record in "Gunman's Legacy" with art by Dan Loprino; "The Last Alibi" is a true story from the personal files of Detective Dan Wilson, with art by Warren Sitton; and how the East Coast police solved the mysterious case of..."The Missing Corpse" by Wessler and Jack Keller. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Jerry Robinson, Marion Sitton, Dan Loprino, Bill Savage, Ed Moore and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! From the police files of a large eastern city, don't miss the true story of..."The Rise and Fall of Terrance Craig, the Gangster From the Gutter" with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Also in this issue: "The Mouthpiece" with art by Jerry Robinson; 2-page text story "Fingerprints"; "The Man In the Shadows" by Wessler and Marion Sitton; "The Decoy" with story by Wessler; a revealing look into the criminal life of a..."Small-Timer" with art by Dan Loprino; East Coast bookies can't win when..."The Number is Death" with art by Bill Savage; and "The Iron Door" with art by Ed Moore. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Hank Chapman, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Fred Kida, Sol Brodsky, Dan Loprino and Alan Bellman. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Ape Arnold, the Brute of Brooklyn" by Hank Chapman and George Tuska; 2-page text story "Only One Way Out"; Matt Gorri's vicious racket was..."The Waiting Death" by Carl Wessler and Fred Kida; "Strictly Legal" with art by Sol Brodsky; "The Clay Pigeon" by Wessler and Tuska; "Dead City" by Wessler and Dan Loprino; from the evils of crime, there is..."No Escape" by Wessler and Alan Bellman; and murder on motorcycles in "They Vanish By Night" by Wessler and Tuska. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Written by Carl Wessler, Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Jack Keller, Bernie Krigstein, Marion Sitton and Vernon Henkel. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Prisoners" by Carl Wessler and Jack Keller; "King of the Con Men" by Hank Chapman and Bernie Krigstein; "The Frame-Up" by Wessler and Marion Sitton; the all-true case of gangland's most deadly..."Squeeze-Play" with art by Vernon Henkel; and 2-page text story "Boomerang Burglar." Used in Parade of Pleasure (p. 79), a book that, much like Seduction of the Innocent, set out to expose the evils of comic books in the 1950s. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Jack Keller, Dan Loprino and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! All authenticated all-true crimes! The most terrifying words an escaped con can hear..."Shoot To Kill" with art by Jerry Robinson. Also in this issue: "The Men Who Beat the Rap" with story by Carl Wessler; 2-page text story "The Crying Corpse"; "Stoolies Die Young" by Wessler and Jack Keller; and "The Killer Who Left No Clues" by Wessler and Dan Loprino. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jack Keller, Marion Sitton, Dan Loprino and George Tuska. True cases proving crime can't win! All authenticated all-true crimes! In this issue: "Tong War" by Carl Wessler and Jack Keller; "Ten Days to Live" with art by Marion Sitton; "Panic In the Big House" with art by Dan Loprino; 2-page text story "Too Perfect"; and "Shake-Down" with art by George Tuska. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue. Cover by Sol Brodsky. Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Vernon Henkel, E.J. Smalle and Carl Hubbell. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: The rugged, inside story of what really happens during a..."Prison Break" by Carl Wessler and Jay Scott Pike; 2-page text story "The Midnight Chase"; "One of the Gang" with art by Vernon Henkel; "Manhunter" with art by E.J. Smalle; and "Secret Agent" by Wessler and Carl Hubbell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.