Volume: 2
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1949-07-15
Editing: John Giunta
Cover Thumbnail for True Crime Comics (Magazine Village, 1947 series) #v2#1 Edit Cover
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Boston's Bloody Gang War
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
? (photograph)
Inks:
? (photograph)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
Characters:
Phil Coppolla (photo); Angie
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Editor credit reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

Boston's Bloody Gang War
(Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Crime On My Hands / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Will Johnson (signed) (2 gag panels)
Jack Cole (signed) (gag panel)
? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel)
Inks:
Will Johnson (signed) (2 gag panels)
Jack Cole (signed) (gag panel)
? [as C O H] (signed) (gag panel)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I got the seeds from my congressman

Indexer Notes

Four gag panels of which two are signed by Will Johnson, one by Jack Cole and the other as 'C O H'.

Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).

Punishment Through the Ages
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
James Taurasi (signed)
Pencils:
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Through the ages man has been punished...

The Hanging Judge
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ed Smalle ? (credited as Jack Small)
Inks:
Ed Smalle ? (credited as Jack Small)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; western-frontier
Characters:
Judge Isaac Charles Parker
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : The artist is credited as Jack Small. Edwin Jon Smalle, who most notably drew Congo Bill for National for many years, is credited by Bails as being a member of the Funnies Inc. shop at this date. 'Jack' is a common form for 'Jo(h)n'. It seems like a possibile identification.

His Name Was Mudd
(Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Sam Moskowitz (signed)
Pencils:
George Roussos (credited as George Russo)
Inks:
George Roussos (credited as George Russo)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The President is shot!
Characters:
John Wilkes Booth; Doctor Samuel Mudd; Lt. Lovett; Burke; President Johnson; Mrs. Mudd
Synopsis:
The arrest, trial and sentencing of Doctor Samuel Mudd for treating Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. His heroism during an attack of yellow fever while imprisoned on Devil's Island results in a Presidential Pardon.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Crime On My Hands / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Clancy. I could stay like this forever!

Indexer Notes

Four gag panels (none signed).

Potential script credit(s) reported by Art Lortie (16 September 2015) on the GCD-Chat discussion list from Sam Moskowitz's obituary of John Giunta in the fanzine Luna Monthly (Ann Dietz, 1969 series) #20 (January 1971).

A True Crime Exclusive - Check the March of Crime!
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1.5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Wally Wood (credited as Woody) (signed as Woody)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed as Woody)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This man could be you...
Synopsis:
Your mistakes create a springboard for crime! Don't be a sucker...! Be careful...! Four different criminal incidents are described.

Indexer Notes

Comic story connected to the offer of winning $5, if you describe a personal, criminal incident and send it to the publisher. The four most suitable stories would be published in future issues.

[Would you like to win $5.00? Send in your true personal incidents.]
(Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime

Indexer Notes

The accompanying text to the previous comic story. Here you are invited to send your true stories of criminal incidents and then you might win 5 USD and your story will be published in the comic book.

Big Time
(Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Ira Zweifach (credited)
Pencils:
Manny Stallman (credited)
Inks:
Manny Stallman (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm Winnie McKeever...
Characters:
Winnie McKeever (crook); Arthur Wright (crook)
Reprints (1)

Of Paste and Pearls
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Aldo Giunta (credited)
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Green light.
Characters:
Joe Nale

The Terror
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks:
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes...Get set for the fantastic story of Ernest Proughly...
Characters:
Ernest Proughly; Bregher (crook); Police Chief Dennis Brockton
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Boston's Bloody Gang War
  2. Boston's Bloody Gang War
  3. ["I got the seeds from my congressman"]
    Crime On My Hands
  4. Punishment Through the Ages
  5. The Hanging Judge
  6. His Name Was Mudd
  7. ["Oh, Clancy. I could stay like this forever!"]
    Crime On My Hands
  8. A True Crime Exclusive - Check the March of Crime!
  9. [Would you like to win $5.00? Send in your true personal incidents.]
  10. Big Time
  11. Of Paste and Pearls
  12. The Terror
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Steve Jenner
  • Axel Kahlstorff
  • Rainer Koschnick
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike O'Regan
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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