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1Spring 1948
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Lawbreakers Always Lose #1

Marvel · Spring 1948

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Series
Lawbreakers Always Lose (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
Spring 1948
Key date
1948-04-00
Indicia publisher
Crime Bureau Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Adam and Eve, Crime Incorporated!cover1pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Vince Alascia
1Adam and Eve - Crime Incorporated!comic story7pencils: Gene Colan; letters: Artie Simek
2-comic story0.5script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
3Scourge of the West!comic story6pencils: Frank Sieminsky; inks: Frank Sieminsky; letters: Artie SimekJesse James
4Murder - On Stage!text story2letters: typeset
5-cartoon0.5script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
6Wanted by the F.B.I.public service announcement1
7The Clue of the Left-Handed Killer!comic story5pencils: Maurice Gutwirth; inks: Maurice Gutwirth
8Joe Kratz... Killer!comic story6pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike Becker; letters: Artie Simek

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