Digital Comic Museum - Crime and Punishment 003 (SOTI)


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Crime&Punishment_03 [Jun'48]-52pg-c2c
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29-October-2010 4:44 pm	\|
Username:	glammazon
Comment:	I thought it strange that the focus of these comics was obsessively on law and order with mercy shown in only a few of the cases related in this series.

Issue: #3
Published: June 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Color: Four Color Interiors; Full Color Cover Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia frequency lacking but next issue (#4) was July 1948, so was on a monthly schedule

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Biro (signed)
Genre:	Crime

Advertisement (1 page)	You're a Smo-o-oth Number...
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (14 pages)	Emil (the Terrible) Reck
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Fujitani (signed)
Genre:	Crime

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	A Message from - Bob Wood Lev Gleason, Charles Biro
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	Big-Shot Gangsters
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (8 pages)	Joe Bologna
Credits:	Pencils: Mike Roy [as Roy + Belfi] (signed) \| Inks: John Belfi [as Roy + Belfi] (signed)
Genre:	Crime

Comic Story (5 pages)	Lesley Ketchell
Synopsis:	The story is told of one Lesley Ketchell, once a resident of Gary, Indiana, who believed the world was trying to make a sucker out him because he had to work hard for a living. So, he decided to double-cross the world by making easy money by gambling. Unfortunately, his excessive drinking began to ruin his life, specifically his marriage and his job, and he eventually landed in jail because he couldn't pay off his gambling debts.
Credits:	Pencils: Leonard Starr [as Starr] (signed) \| Inks: Leonard Starr [as Starr] (signed)
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Lesley Ketchell (turns To Crime) Tom Duffy (policeman) George O'Reilly (policeman) Murtaugh (villain, Gambler)

Advertisement (1 page)	Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Text Story (3 pages)	They Muffed Their Murder
Synopsis:	The round jaws and ears are Tuska's work.
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime

Comic Story (8 pages)	Frank Budnik and John Baker
Credits:	Pencils: Tony DiPreta (signed)
Genre:	Crime

Advertisement (1 page)	Running Hot Water - in a Jiffy!
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)	Bertha Gifford Killer of 19 People!
Credits:	Pencils: Joe Certa (signed)
Genre:	Crime

Advertisement (1 page)	Astonishing Value
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	Order Direct by Mail from Broadway Fashions
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	Bad Skin?
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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