Crimes by Women
Superior · 1949 · 6 issues
About the series
A six-issue series from Superior Publishers, Crimes by Women (1949–present) leans into the crime comics boom with a sensationalist premise: stories of female lawbreakers. While the series is most associated with the era's pulp-inspired, pre-Code crime genre, its brief run captures a specific, exploitative angle on mid-century true-crime storytelling. It matters as a snapshot of the period's fascination with women in criminal roles, packaged with the lurid covers and moralizing narratives typical of the genre.