Issue: #3
Published: March 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was On-going Series
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/.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Ann Cantor | Inks: Ann Cantor | Colours: Ann Cantor | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
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| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Killer Bait! |
| 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) |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Michael Becker (signed) | Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Hank Terlo (convict) |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Blind Man's Buff! |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Brothers in Crime! |
| 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) |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Gerald McCann | Inks: Gerald McCann |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Tony Fenner Bud Fenner (criminal Brothers And Rivals) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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) |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Imperfect Crime! |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Nick Marek -- Shakedown 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) |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ed Goldfarb (signed) | Inks: Bob Baer (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Nick Marek (racketeer) |
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