Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) comic books 1948
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Issue #1
Published Jan 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Explicit violence. Cover states "For Adults Only". In order of appearance: "The Short Bloody Life of Charlie Birger, Behind The Scene Story of 'Little Egypt Massacre'"; "The Marino Gang and the Man That Death Refused!" retitled and reprinted as "The Shocking Plot to Kill" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50; and "Arthur J. Wright and Winnie McKeever, Death in the Night" retitled and reprinted as "Death in the Night!!" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #6. "Hate Blazes a Bloody Trail, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Famous Crimes (1948) #19 and retitled and reprinted as "Revenge!! A True Crime Story" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #6. Indicia states "MURDER, INCORPORATED". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.$230.00
View scans- Cover loose at both staples. Cover oxidation.
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Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Explicit violence. Cover states "For Adults Only". In order of appearance: "Vincent Coll, Mad Dog of Crime"; "Buck Kelly, The Kill Crazy Monster of 'Frisco" retitled and reprinted as "The Kill-Crazy Monster" in Spook (1954) #25; and "George Fowler, Miami's Masquerader" retitled and reprinted as "The Weird Mask of Death.." in Spook (1954) #24. "The Jealous Killer! A True Crime Story" text story retitled and reprinted as "There Is No Escape.." in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #5. Indicia states "MURDER, INCORPORATED". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published May 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.- Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
In order of appearance: "Dutch Schultz, Beast of Evil" reprinted as "Beast of Evil" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #6; "John Lord, Ohio's Murdering Fagin" art by Don Rico; "Gang Leaders, John Wegler"; "Joseph Medley, Lady Killer" retitled and reprinted as "The Strangler" in Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20 and Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #11; and "Gang Leaders, The Car Barn Gang" reprinted in Crimes By Women (1948) #3. "With Love and Murder, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Spectacular Stories Magazine (1950) #3 and retitled and reprinted as "The Poisonous Heart, A True Crime Story" in Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20 and Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #11. Indicia states "MURDER, INCORPORATED". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jul 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Ray Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang that included Bonnie & Clyde, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old; The public gun-battle that led to the demise of The Brady Gang has become an essential part of Maine folklore, even portrayed in Stephen King's It; The "Flatheads" gang commits the first-ever armored car robbery on March 11, 1927. Especially lurid cover by an unknown artist. Ray Hamilton: The Last of the Desperados; There's Going to Be a Murder; The Gun Crazy Brady Gang; Paul Jawarski and the Notorious Flathead Gang. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Sep 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
All comic stories reprinted in Horrors (1953) #13. In order of appearance: "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" retitled as "Terror Castle" in Horrors (1953) #13; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher"; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". "Murder That Backfired" text story reprinted in Crime Incorporated (1950) #12 and Spectacular Features Magazine (1950) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published 1948 by Fox Feature Syndicate.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics.The D'Autremont Brothers were a criminal gang based in Pacific Northwest during the 1920s. After an unsuccessful express train robbery that becomes known as the Siskiyou massacre, they are targeted by one of the largest manhunts of the era; Jim Turpin and his twin sister commit petty crimes, but he tries to convince her to think bigger; Harry Tracy was the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. The D'Autremont Brothers and The Siskiyou Tunnel Murders; The Turpin Twins: Death Riding the Rumble-Seat; Murder Must Be Perfect; Tracy: The Elusive Killer; Operation 13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
