Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) comic books

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $360.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #3973460017

One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Ray Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang that included Bonnie & Clyde, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old; The public gun-battle that led to the demise of The Brady Gang has become an essential part of Maine folklore, even portrayed in Stephen King's It; The "Flatheads" gang commits the first-ever armored car robbery on March 11, 1927. Especially lurid cover by an unknown artist. Ray Hamilton: The Last of the Desperados; There's Going to Be a Murder; The Gun Crazy Brady Gang; Paul Jawarski and the Notorious Flathead Gang. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $300.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4485887016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

In order of appearance: "The Sky Pirate, The Sky's the Limit!" retitled and reprinted as "Career of Terror.." in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #8; "Crates of Death"; "Horror in the Hole"; and "Escaped Convict 'X'" art by Chuck Miller, retitled and reprinted as "Three Lives, Three Deaths" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #53. "Death Visits the Gay White Way" text story reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) #2 and retitled and reprinted as "Death on Broadway.." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #56. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $135.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple. Water damage. 1" tear from top. Chew.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $380.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4347781018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Rudy Palais and others. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. George Kelly, aka Machine Gun Kelly, kidnaps oil tycoon Charles Urschel for a $200,000 ransom; Depression-era bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd becomes an unlikely folk hero; Johnny Socks Lazia rises to be the supreme gang boss in Kansas City of the late 1920s. George Kelly the Machine Gun Kid; Pretty Boy Floyd; A Pattern for Murder; Johnny Socks Lazia. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.