Famous Crimes (1948) 7
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Published Mar 1949 by Fox Feature Syndicate.$50.00
View scans- 9.25" Cumulative spine split.
Art by B. Tirado and others. One of the era's notorious crime comics, presenting violent acts, some inspired by actual events, as cautionary tales. The rise and fall of Philadelphia gang kingpin Joe Santori; Educational comics about the history of the New York Police Department; Wyoming's Wyman Henger is a rural poacher, battling game wardens and earning a reputation as a backwoods Tarzan. This issue was mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. Vince Nabori: The Life and Death of a Gangster; Joe "The Boob" Santori; Talking About Cops; Tarzan: The Wyoming Killer; The Cab Riding Robber. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.