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Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	July 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood

Cover Details

Pencils	Charles Biro
Inks	Charles Biro

12 page Crime Kings story "The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld"

Characters	Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Script	Woody Hamilton (Bob Wood?)
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Harry Lucey
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

10 page story "Wild Bill Hickok"

Characters	Wild Bill Hickok (dies)
Genre	Western; period
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

7 page story "Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue"

Characters	The Esposito Brothers
Genre	crime
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

4 page story "The Saga of Harpshead Road"

Characters	Big Harp (dies)
Genre	crime
Script	Charles Biro?
Pencils	Carl Hubbell? [as Hub]? Charles Biro?
Inks	Carl Hubbell? [as Hub]? Charles Biro?
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

2 page [Jon Overs] story "Two-Legged Rats"

Characters	Jon Overs (dies)
Genre	crime
Script	Charles Biro?
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

5 page story "The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom"

Characters	Zilla (dies)
Genre	crime
Script	Bob Wood?
Pencils	George Tuska?
Inks	George Tuska?
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

1 page Crime Corner text story "Hollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Devil"

Genre	crime
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

5 page story "The Case of the Twisted Cigarettes"

Characters	Dick Williams
Genre	crime
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer (Richard Norman)
Inks	Dick Briefer (Richard Norman)
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

5 page Be a Detective story "The Blackout Murder Mystery"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Norman Maurer?
Inks	Norman Maurer?
Notes	Note says to turn to last page for solution of mystery -- but it ain't there!
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

2 page Dickie Dean story "The Bond Drive"

Characters	Bob Montana cameo
Genre	Humor
Script	Bob Montana?
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Notes	War Bond promo
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]

10 page War Eagle story "Steel Grey Wings Over America"

Characters	War Eagle [Bill Reed]; Mrs. Reed; The Wrench (villain, intro, dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	Alan Mandel
Pencils	Alan Mandel
Inks	Alan Mandel
Reprinted	in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) #[nn]