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Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) comic books 1949

  • Issue #7
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 7

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    In order of appearance: "The Eminent Dr. Vance and His Artful Murders"; "Crime Notes, John Law"; "Walter Laganza, Gangdom's Inhuman Killer" art by John Alton; and "Marty Cagle, Crime's Two-Faced Rat" retitled and reprinted as "Two Faces of Crime..." in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #9. "Photo of Murder" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 8

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    Art by John Forte and Gerald Altman. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Jeff Kane's gang, working in 1902, paves the way for modern gangsters; Car thief Ken Bailey heedlessly turns to murder; The story of the Whyos, the gang that terrorized New York after the Civil War. Mentioned in the legendary anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Jeff Kane: Murder Unlimited; Ken Bailey: Hopeless Killer; Whose Face Was Red?; The Whyos; The Counterfeiters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9A
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 9A

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    Art by Chuck Miller and others. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Ned Brown is dubbed 'The Mad Bandit' for his Ohio crime spree in 1932; Bill the Butcher is a founder of the Bowery Boys street gang and a leader of the Know-Nothing political movement in mid-19th century New York City; Monk Eastman and his Eastman Gang become one of the most powerful street gangs in old New York City. Mentioned in the legendary anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Tiger of the South; Coke & Giles: Partners in Death; Buddies in Life, Crime, and...Death!; Bill the Butcher: Battler Extraordinary; Crime Does Not Pay; Gang Leaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9B
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 9B

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    In order of appearance: "The Sky Pirate, The Sky's the Limit!" retitled and reprinted as "Career of Terror.." in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #8; "Crates of Death"; "Horror in the Hole"; and "Escaped Convict 'X'" art by Chuck Miller, retitled and reprinted as "Three Lives, Three Deaths" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #53. "Death Visits the Gay White Way" text story reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) #2 and retitled and reprinted as "Death on Broadway.." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #56. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 10

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    In order of appearance: "Wild Bill Lovett!" retitled and reprinted as "White Hand Horror!!" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12; "Two-Gun Crowley" art by Robert Q. Sale, reprinted from Crime Does Not Pay (1942) #46 and in Hunted (1950) #13 and Crime Does Not Pay Archives HC (2012 Dark Horse) #7-1ST; and "The Bush Brothers, Spawn of Evil". "The Living Death!" text story reprinted in Spectacular Stories Magazine (1950) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 11

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    In order of appearance: "Frank Nash, Gangdom Brain!" retitled and reprinted as "The Gangdom Brain" in All Famous Crime (1951) #5 and Horrors (1953) #15; "George Sitts, Wild Man of Minnesota" art by Robert Q. Sale; and "Alvin 'Old Creepy' Karpis". "Justice Wasn't Blind" text story reprinted in Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #60 and retitled and reprinted as "Death at Midnight!!" in Spook (1954) #25 and as "Death Dance" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #60. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 12
    • Cover detached at one staple. Water damage. 1" tear from top. Chew.

    Art by Rudy Palais and others. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. George Kelly, aka Machine Gun Kelly, kidnaps oil tycoon Charles Urschel for a $200,000 ransom; Depression-era bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd becomes an unlikely folk hero; Johnny Socks Lazia rises to be the supreme gang boss in Kansas City of the late 1920s. George Kelly the Machine Gun Kid; Pretty Boy Floyd; A Pattern for Murder; Johnny Socks Lazia. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 MURDER INCORPORATED #12 CGC 5.0 Fox Crime

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  • Issue #13
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 13

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    In order of appearance: "The Polkadot Gang" reprinted as "Trap the Killers!!" in All Famous Crime (1951) #4; "The Triple Terror" retitled and reprinted as "Crime of Terror" in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #46; and "'Burlington Eddie' Doll!". "Death Stalks the Dawn" text story reprinted from Western Killers (1948) #60 and in March of Crime (1950 Fox) #7. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 14

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    One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Despite the nickname, Jack Gregory is no gentleman; Adam Richetti is a bank robber notorious for joining forces with Pretty Boy Floyd in the 1930s, when both he and Floyd are implicated in the Kansas City Massacre. "Gentleman" Jack Gregory; Bill Hale...King of the Murderers; Jungle Thirst; Trigger-Happy Richetti. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) 15

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    Art by A. C. Hollingsworth and Ken Battefield. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Eddie 'the Chisel' Fletcher is a member of Detroit's infamous Purple Gang, until he tries taking power and is put to sleep with the fishes; Danny 'Bobo' Iamascia's presence at a police banquet proves a connection between cops and the mob. Eddie 'the Chisel' Fletcher; Leo Hall: Kill Crazy Thug; The Treasure-Map Mystery; Danny 'Bobo' Iamascia. Final issue of the series; followed by Murder Incorporated (1950 2nd Series) #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.