Issue | #8 |
Published | June 1949 |
Cover Price | $0.10 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Genre | crime |
Characters | Anton Kordo |
Synopsis | This is the tale of Anton Kordo, a "true split personality," who vacillated between regular family man and canny thief whose signature was that he carried a vial of nitroglycerin in his pocket so the police were afraid to take him down for fear of being blown up. |
Genre | crime |
Notes | This is the "transvestite" story as identified in Overstreet and consists of a three panel scene where Kordo dresses up as a woman to escape capture. |
Characters | Jack the Ripper [Western villain] |
Synopsis | This is the story of a notorious outlaw who ran crooked gambling games and used two throwing knives instead of guns. |
Genre | crime; western |
Pencils | Sy Grudko |
Inks | Sy Grudko |
Characters | Ross Barton |
Synopsis | The tale of a loud mouthed mechanic who went on a crime spree to prove he was a better bad guy than Dillinger. |
Genre | crime |
Genre | crime |
Script | Alan Ross |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | The story of a chronic gambler who turned to poisoning people to settle his debts. |
Genre | crime |
Pencils | Frank Giacoia |
Inks | Bob Lander |
Notes | 3 full page advertisements (Interior front and back covers and back cover) for "The Weatherman" (a device to tell the weather using Disney characters), U.S. Savings Bonds and Kelpidine (a diet product) including a photo of Elizabeth Taylor. |