Crimes by Women (1948) comic books 1949
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Issue #6
$920.00
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Art by Jack Kamen and Al Davoren. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Irish immigrant Memphis Mae quickly establishes herself in the Chicago underworld with her murderous ways; Arva Bolling builds a fortune on the backs of the people she murdered; Sarah Rachel Russell, better known as Madame Rachel, is a British blackmailer and con artist in Victorian-era London. Cover features women fighting, but played for laughs. Memphis Mae Corey; Arva Bolling: She Killed to Live!; Murder Proceeds: $1.13; Madame Rachel; A Woman's Intuition! 32 pages, Full Color. Classic fight cover. A violent panel on page seven of "Madame Rachel" shows a woman's face dissolving in acid. In order of appearance: "Memphis Mae Corey" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Ruthless Devil.." in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #12; "Arva Bolling, She Killed to Live!" art by Al Davoren; "Madame Rachel" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Her Face of Horror.." in Spook (1954) #22; and "A Woman's Intuition!". "Murder Proceeds: $1.13" text story reprinted in Crime Incorporated (1950) #2 and Crimes by Women (1948) #15. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
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Art by Jack Kamen and Al Davoren. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Redheaded Ruth Dock progresses from shoplifting to a spree of robbery and murder; Mary Read becomes one of the most famed female pirates of all time; Circus strongwoman Mary Brinker meets a fast-talking gangster and turns to crime. Ruth Dock: The Devilish Gunmoll; Madame Muscle: Maid of Steel; Mary Read, Woman Pirate; The Devil in Petticoats! 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "Ruth Dock, The Devilish Gunmoll"; "Madame Muscle, Maid of Steel"; and "The Devil in Petticoats!" retitled and reprinted as "The Poisoner" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #60. "Mary Read, Woman Pirate, A True Action Crime Story" text story reprinted in Crimes by Women (1948) #13. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
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Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. A search for thrills leads Bessie Montez into a life of crime; Infamous Ma Barker births a criminal gang that includes her four sons; Redheaded fortune-teller Millie Klimek has no lack of suitors, but her husbands have a habit of dying off. Bessie Montez: Finger Woman for the Mob; Ma Barker: Killer!; Be Yourself, Daisybelle!; Lady Bluebeard: Sign Your Own Death Warrant. 32 pages, Full Color. Referenced in Geoffrey Wagner's "Parade of Pleasure". In order of appearance: "Bessie Montez, Finger Woman for the Mob"; "Ma Barker, Killer!!"; and "Lady Bluebeard, Sign Your Own Death Warrant" retitled and reprinted as "Thrill Crazed Killer" in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #47. "Be Yourself, Daisybelle!" text story reprinted from Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #7A. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
$380.00
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Stories by Ed Walker and others. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Wealthy socialite Marcia Foxhall turns to gambling and murder; Betty Blinker, who has VERY red hair, seeks revenge against the gangster who killed her husband by starting her own successful gang; Mabel Janek's quaint roadside cabin business doubles as a gangster hideout. Marcia Foxhall...The Poker-Face Killer!; Betty Blinker: The Red-Headed Rum-Runner; Death Dance; Mabel Janek: The Hide-Out Queen! 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "Marcia Foxhall...The Poker-Face Killer!"; "Betty Blinker, The Red-Headed Rum-Runner" retitled and reprinted as "Red Head of Homicide" in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #48; and "Mabel Janek, The Hide-Out Queen!" retitled and reprinted as "Shoot to Kill" in Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #18. "Death Dance" text story reprinted from Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #10 and in Zago Jungle Prince (1948) #4, Crimes by Women (1948) #9, Spook (1954) #28, and Strange Mysteries (1958 I.W. Reprint) #9. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
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Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Jean Terry uses her skills at the six-gun, lariat and Bowie knife to become an Old West outlaw; Clare Mangin uses poison to collect insurance policies on her hapless husbands; Lila Horne helps gangsters hustle gamblers and earns the nickname Lady Loot, but one unfortunate patsy becomes her first murder victim. Mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. Vivid cover of women fighting by an unknown artist. The Knife Woman; The Witch from Wichita!; A Bright Idea; Madame Murder! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
