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True Crime Comics #1 (1949)

Magazine Village · 1949 · 52 pages

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ContinueTrue Crime Comics #2 →
Contains 7 stories
Boston's Bloody Gang War
9 pp · crime

When Boston's underworld kingpins Big Phil Cappolla and Little Mike Turk wage an escalating war for control of the city's criminal empire, the violence spills into the streets—catching innocents in the crossfire and leaving a young woman named Sally Turk desperate for justice against Cappolla's ruthlessness. As the gang warfare intensifies with brutal tactics and calculated strikes, law enforcement struggles to build a case against the elusive crime boss. Based on actual police files, this is the savage true story of how two rival mobsters nearly tore Boston apart.

Punishment Through the Ages
1 pp · non-fiction

A historical survey of how mankind has dealt with criminal punishment—from brutal prehistoric execution to the crude tortures of the Middle Ages, and finally to modern approaches emphasizing rehabilitation through psychiatry and humane prison conditions. This non-fiction feature traces society's gradual evolution toward more civilized and scientific methods of justice, suggesting that crime itself might one day be eliminated through advancing knowledge.

The Hanging Judge
5 pp · crime; western-frontier
Judge Isaac Charles Parker
His Name Was Mudd
6 pp · crime; historical
John Wilkes BoothDoctor Samuel MuddLt. LovettBurkePresident JohnsonMrs. Mudd

In the shadow of Lincoln’s assassination, Doctor Samuel Mudd stands trial for aiding John Wilkes Booth, his fate hanging in the balance as Lt. Lovett and Burke close in. Though condemned and exiled to the brutal confines of Devil’s Island, Mudd’s courage during a yellow fever outbreak earns him unexpected respect — and a chance at redemption that reaches even the halls of the White House.

A True Crime Exclusive - Check the March of Crime!
1.5 pp · crime
Big Time
5 pp · crime
Winnie McKeever (crook)Arthur Wright (crook)

Winnie McKeever dreams of escaping her small-town waitress life, and when she and Arthur Wright decide crime is the shortcut to the big time, they arm themselves and hit their first targets in Texas. As their robberies escalate from hash houses to dive bars, their partnership fractures under pressure—and their ambitions collide with brutal reality in ways they never anticipated.

The Terror
7 pp · crime
Ernest ProughlyBregher (crook)Police Chief Dennis Brockton

Ernest Proughly starts as a small-time lookout for the Breger mob, but after witnessing a deadly holdup and ratting out his partners to save himself, he reinvents his criminal career as a masked mugger called "the Terror"—convinced he's elevated robbery to an art form. Police Chief Dennis Brockton deploys detectives to catch him, but Proughly's reign of violent crime spirals toward an inevitable and brutal reckoning.

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