About this Collection
This Factoid Books collection from DC gathers 63 true-crime tales focusing on the world's most bumbling and inept criminals, presented in a comic-strip format. Originally published in 1996 as part of the 'Big Book' series, it offers humorous and often absurd accounts of real-life jailbirds whose incompetence led to their capture.
Contains 63 stories
Willie "The Actor" Sutton: That's Where the Money Is
3 pp
Willie "The Actor" Sutton
Shanghai Kelly: The Man Who Fed Sailors to the Sea
3 pp · Crime
Shanghai Kelly
John Ashley: Swamp Bandit
4 pp
John Ashley
Black Bart the Po8
4 pp
Black Bart
Mal Henri: The Incredible Survivor
2 pp
Mal Henri
The Savage Caning of Senator Sumner
2 pp
Frederick Emerson Peters: The Crook Everybody Liked
2 pp
Frederick Emerson Peters
George Remus and the Craziest Verdict Ever
1 pp
George Remus
George Metesky: The Mad Bomber
2 pp
George Metesky
Al Capone: The Littlest Criminal in Alcatraz
1 pp
Al Capone
Serge Rubinstein: Society's Golden Bad Boy
4 pp
Serge Rubinstein
Gaston Means: The Maude King Case
5 pp
Gaston Means
James Reavis: The Man Who Stole Arizona
4 pp
James Reavis
Vanishing Act: A Tale of Disappearing Ink
3 pp
The San Quentin Forgers
2 pp
Dan WilsonTom BellLewisLamarrWarden Houlahan
Mary Butterworth: The Colonial Counterfeiter
2 pp
Mary Butterworth
10,000 Percent Tatum: The Genuine Counterfeiter
2 pp
Franz Tausend: The Man Who Hustled Hitler
2 pp
Franz Tausend
Alves Reis: The Man Who Almost Bought Portugal
4 pp
Alves Reis
Mr. 880: The One-Dollar Counterfeiter
3 pp
Mr. 880
Avenging "Nails" Norton
1 pp
Mickey Cohen: The Luckiest Mobster
3 pp · Crime
Mickey Cohen
Don Carmelo Fresina and the Pillow Gang
1 pp
Don Carmelo Fresina
Tubbo Gilbert: The World's Richest Cop
2 pp
Tubbo Gilbert
Joe Columbo: Gandhi of the Mafia
4 pp
Joe Colombo
Sam Cardinella's Noose Ruse
2 pp
Sam Cardinella
Frank "Dasher" Abbandando: Murder Inc.'s Fastest Killer
2 pp
Frank "Dasher" Abbandando
Louie "Pretty" Amberg: New York's Meanest, Ugliest Gangster
4 pp · Crime
Louie "Pretty" Amberg
"Schemer" Drucci: The Bedbug
2 pp
"Schemer" Drucci
The Chicago Black Sox
4 pp
Willie Moretti: The Wild Joker
1 pp
Willie Moretti
Vincente Gigante: The 300-Pound Hitman
1 pp
Vincente Gigante
"Pittsburgh" Phil Strauss
4 pp
Armando Illiano: The Littlest Little Criminal
1 pp
Armando Illiano
Countess DiFrasso: The Royal Moll
3 pp
Countess DiFrasso
Belle Gunness: Indiana's Lady Bluebeard
4 pp
Belle Gunness
Eleanor Jarman: The Blonde Tigress
3 pp · Crime
Eleanor Jarman
Cassie Chadwick: She Stole from Everyone
3 pp
Cassie Chadwick
Kathryn Kelly: The Machine Gun Moll
4 pp
Kathryn Kelly
Sara Ellis: The Eternal Adultress
2 pp
Sara Ellis
When Harry Met Leona
3 pp
Britain's Great Train Robbery
5 pp
The Pierre Hotel Heist
4 pp
D.B. Cooper, Airline Hijacker
3 pp
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