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Crimes by Women #5

Feb 1949 · Fox · 0.10 USD
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# Crimes by Women #5 This anthology issue contains at least two stories. The first, "Crimes by Women," depicts a woman named Jade who betrays a Chinese colonel during World War II after he shows her kindness, selling information to the Japanese in exchange for her survival; she is later tried for treason and executed. The second story involves a woman leading a criminal gang in an unnamed town to kidnap the mayor for ransom by posing as socialites, though their scheme is foiled when the authorities arrive at the city hall. A third narrative follows Mary and Elbert, who stage an elaborate ruse involving a fire and a body to fake Elbert's death and escape suspicion for their crimes, with Mary claiming he ran away and left town to avoid detection.

Contains 4 stories
Radiant Jade: The Devil Incarnate
10 pp · Crime
Radiant JadeKenji KonoharaHo MinLin Hee
Jeanette Copeland: Crime Crusher
1 pp · Crime
Pencils ? [as Tirado]Inks ? [as Tirado]
Jeannette Copeland
Sadie, the Goat: Queen of the River Pirates
10 pp · Crime, Historical
Sadie the GoatGallus Mag

In 1869, the rough-and-tumble East River waterfront becomes the unlikely domain of Sadie the Goat, a streetwise bandit who transforms a small gang into something far more dangerous—river pirates operating their own stolen sloop. After a violent clash with Gallus Mag forces Sadie to flee the underworld taverns and join the Charlton Street Gang, she seizes control and launches a ruthless campaign of theft and destruction along the Hudson, from merchant ships laden with rum to the mansions and storefronts of riverside towns. Watch as this fearless ringleader leads her cutthroat crew through one audacious heist after another, proving that no target is too big and no law strong enough to stop her.

Mary Spratchet
9 pp · Crime
Mary SpatchettWalter SpatchettElbert Firness (hired killer)Mullaly

When Mary Spatchett's neglectful husband stands between her and the glamorous life she craves, she hatches a diabolical scheme with Elbert Firness—a charming contractor with his own reasons to help her. But the perfect murder Mary has carefully planned hits an unexpected snag when the medical examiner begins to examine the evidence, and nothing goes quite as two amateur killers imagined it would.

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Raw (Good) $166
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $3,266*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,582*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $1,241*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,052
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $828*
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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $695*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $601
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $505*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $305
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Full credits

artist, inker Alvin Hollingsworth

Reprints

Reprinted in Crimes by Women #5 (1949), The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] (2008), Crimes by Women #[nn] (2024)

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