Treasury of Victorian Murder The Mystery of Mary Rogers GN (2004 NBM) comic books

1st printing. Story and art by Rick Geary. Rick Geary presents yet another true crime tale of the 19th century, very carefully researched and based in fact, but with his usual tongue-in-cheek look at the lurid details. Mary Rogers was a compellingly beautiful lass employed in a cigar store in New York City in the mid-nineteenth century. She had a few suitors. Then, she suddenly disappeared, her body recovered in the Hudson off the Jersey side. The press had a field day with all the possible shocking possibilities... but the case was never solved. Now you can examine the facts behind this mysterious murder, whose details are fascinatingly recreated here by Geary, and make up your own mind! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.