Digital Comic Museum - A-1 Comics 013 -Guns of Fact and Fiction (SOTI)


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Subtitle mentioned in text, p. 19
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8-September-2016 6:34 pm	\|
Username:	Kracalactaka
Comment:	such a delightfully brutal comic book!

Issue: #[nn] [A-1 #13]
Published: [June] 1948, 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: One-shot
Notes: Indicia reads "A-1 #13 (Guns of Fact and Fiction)". The date entered in the "On Sale Date" field is the copyright date derived from the actual Library of Congress copyright documentation (available on www.archive.org). This issue is part of the A-1 series. Refer also to A-1 (Magazine Enterprises, 1945 series) #13. Text from the cover is mentioned in the text on page 19 in "Seduction of the Innocent". Details for issue index taken from scan at comicbookplus.com.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The West Thunders with the Roar of Guns of Fact and Fiction
Genre:	Crime Western-frontier

Comic Story (7 pages)	Flame of the Frontier
Synopsis:	A biography of Bat Masterson, focusing on his days in Dodge City.
Genre:	Biography Western-frontier
Characters:	Bat Masterson Wild Bill Hickok (cameo) Bill Tilghman Ben Thompsen Rusty Meers (death) Ed Masterson (death) Jim Texas

Comic Story (6 pages)	Gunman!
Synopsis:	The head of a gambling syndicate hires Joe Strange to knock off a boxer who didn't fix a fight. Strange makes the hit, but is paid off in marked bills from a robbery. This brings the cops in and Strange goes on a revenge killing rampage. But Strange's hatred of cats proves to be his downfall.
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Joe Strange (death) Big Jim Fisher (death) Bob Goldman (boxer, Death) McCoy (death) Bricker (death) Capt. Grath Lt. Sam Fleischer Jerry Karen Vince Colletti

Comic Story (6 pages)	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Synopsis:	The conflict between two gangs in Chicago leading up to the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in 1929.
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Al Capone ["Scarface" Al Capone] Tony Lombardo (death) Ferraro (death) Lolordo (death) George Moran [George "Bugs" Moran] Joe Aiello Jack McGurn Doc Schwimmer (death) James Ray Frederick Burke Albert Anselmi (death) Joe Scalisi (death) Slimey Frank Peter Junkie Hyers May Quinta

Comic Story (6 pages)	Guns West and Nuggets
Synopsis:	Guns West and Nuggets take their cattle on a drive to Dodge City, but the herd is stolen outside Abilene and they intend to get them back. Guns is hired as marshal of Abilene, which makes him a target for Carstairs.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Guns West Nuggets Whitey Carstairs Rusty Dawson Trigger (gunman) Sally

Comic Story (7 pages)	Jail-Fear!
Synopsis:	After serving five years in the Missouri penitentiary, "Pretty Boy" will do anything and kill anyone to keep from going back to jail as he commits dozens of crimes all over the Midwest.
Genre:	Biography Crime
Characters:	Charles Floyd [Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd] (death) "Red" Lovett Sadie Baird Beulah Baird Tom Bradley Marie Maxwell Jack Atkins Harland F. Manes (motorcycle Policeman, Death) Bill Miller [Bill "The Killer" Miller] (death) Rose Ash William Ash (death) Wallace Ash (death) Caster (policeman) Chief Galliher (policeman) Thad B. Rowden (prohibition Director) Curtis C. Burks (policeman, Death) Glen Havens (policeman, Death) C. L. Reidy (policeman, Death) E. C. Anderson (prohibition Agent, Death) M. P. Wilson (death) Ed Pete

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