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    Exposed (1948 D.S. Publishing) #2 Coverless
    Published 1948 by D.S. Publishing.

    Exposed (1948 D.S. Publishing) 2 0.3

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    Starts Apr 20

    Cover by Ed Moritz. Stories and art by Joe Orlando, Leo Morey, Fred Bell, Henry Kiefer and Ed Moritz. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. An outlaw gang springs its leader from his trial just before sentencing, in a bit of ultra-violent gunplay. Marie is so cold-blooded, she murders a dozen people just to test out her new poison. A mysterious burglar uses a drill and never lets anyone see his face. Plus an early story by legendary artist Joe Orlando. Massacre in the Courtroom; Blood Money; East Meets Test; The Case of the Giggling Killer; Quitter; The Beauty with the Heart of a Snake; Driller. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64578832
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    Gangsters Can't Win (1948) #3 VG/FN 5.0
    Published Jul 1948 by D.S. Publishing.

    Gangsters Can't Win (1948) 3 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 4

    Stories and art by Leo Morey and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Ma Barker and her sons become the first family of crime, until the Feds catch up with them. Beautiful Stella Irwin joins her husband Benny for a spree of bank robberies. Twin brothers Dan and Don Olson both grow up in a bad neighborhood, but one turns to crime and the other becomes a lawman. Most Dangerous Of All; Blue Eyes and a Gun: The Story of Stella Irwin; Twin Trouble; Thunder on the Mountain; Trigger Man: The Story of Frankie Uale; The Mystery of the Stolen Necklace; The Incredible Ma Barker; Brothers In Crime. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Public Enemies (1948-49 DS) #9 VG+ 4.5
    Published Jul 1949 by D.S. Publishing.

    Public Enemies (1948-49 DS) 9 VG+ 4.5

    Starts Apr 4

    Stories and art by Nate Brooks and Bob Jenney. Tales of true crime inspired this violent pre-Code crime comic from DS Publishing. A beautiful bad-girl is targeted for death after informing on her gangster ex-husband. A circus trapeze star is marked for death when she stands to inherit the entire circus, but the show's new PR man is determined to keep her alive. A detective watching a play is called into action after one of the stars is murdered on stage. Assignment Blackmail; Murder on the Circus Bill; The Miser; The Dummy's Revenge; Murder or Mercy?; Riddle Behind the Footlights; Paths of Penalty. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.