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1June 1948
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Famous Crimes #1

Fox · June 1948

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Series
Famous Crimes (Fox, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
June 1948
Key date
1948-06-00
Indicia publisher
Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1Alvin Karpis: Old Creepycomic story10Alvin Karpis; Doc Barker; Ma Barker; Edward Creamer; Fred Hunter [Fred Cooper]
2The Bloodless Corpsecomic story1pencils: Alvin Hollingsworth; inks: Alvin HollingsworthInspector Roc; Valda; Jim Kinkade; Rod; Marga
3Clara Peete: The Beautiful Beastcomic story9script: Gregory Page; pencils: Gil KanePhantom Lady (narrator); Mrs. Weal; Mrs. Marshall; Mary; James Denton; Joe; Charlie; Mr. Logan; Mrs. Logan; Louise Fowler [Clara Peete; Louise Wardlow; Alma Blaine]
4Sadie Krum: Girl Banditcomic story1Sadie Krum
5Jack "Legs" Diamond: Scorpion of Crimecomic story9pencils: Paul Parker; inks: Paul ParkerBlue Beetle (narrator); Jack Diamond; Dutch; Jacob Orgen; Lepke Buchalter; Gurrah Shapiro; Arnold Rothstein; Dink Moran; Grover Parks
6The Case of the Lethal Christmas Packagecomic story1Alphonse Ruocco; Olga Trapani Ruocco; Pearl Lusk
7The Case of the Homicidal Hit-Runner of Donelson, Tennesseecomic story1Pameca Lee; Howard Sullins
8Killers at Largecomic story1Frankie Mudvino
9Murder Will Not Sinktext story2letters: typesetFrederick Post [Percy Gregory]; John S. Overland; Andrea Wallace

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