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Issue: Four Color #7
Publication Date: July 1940
 
Disclose Detail
Title: Gang Busters
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Based on Philip H. Lord's radio program (later a television show). Panel arrangement varies from 8 panels per page to 6 panels per page. Some pages have headers. Three staples holds the book together. Month of publication based on ad's for other comics in this issue.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jim Chambers (signed)
Jim Chambers (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
On the Night of April 25, 1935...
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Miscellaneous
4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Al McWilliams ?
Al McWilliams ?
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Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Jack White was a petty crook..
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Jack Markey Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Mrs. Kane; Sheriff Blake; Sheriff Kane (death); Officer Art Shank (death); Bo Roark (villain, death); Butch (villain); George Markey (villain); Jack Markey (villain, death); Jigger Wells (villain, death); Lulu Grove (villain); Mike Markey (villain); Slick (villain); Tom Markey (villain, death)
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #40 published June 1939
was The Jack Markey Gang [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagPopular Comics #41 published July 1939
was The Jack Markey Gang [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Officer Harris (death); Al Collins (villain); Cora Collins (villain)
Together we'll make headlines...
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #42 published August 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Big Boy Bob Brody (villain, death); Rice (villain); Hill (villain); Daly (villain)
'Big Boy' Bob Brody, a slippery bank robber
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #43 published September 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The McCoy Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Hickey
Tom Hickey (signed)
Tom Hickey (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Detective Chief Cal Yorke; Detective Len Gates; Detective Johnny Marvin; Officer Tom Baker (death); Officer Larry McMillan (death); W. J. Kuehl; Ralph Hadley; Ned Wade; Mrs. Jarvis; The McCoy Gang [Bob McCoy (villain); Eddie McCoy (villain, death); Nick Ryan (villain)]; Soapy (villain)
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #44 published October 1939
was The McCoy Gang! Slot Machine Racket Murderers. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
Harry Austin (villain); John West (villain); Joe Hanley (villain)
John West-a hardened old criminal
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #45 published November 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
John Winston (first appearance); Pete Baxter (first appearance); Tony Carter (first appearance); The Red Hood Gang [Dutch Orlando (villain); Kid Grant (villain); Spike Morganti (villain, death)]
At exactly 12 o'clock noon
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #46 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
John Winston; Pete Baxter; Tony Carter; Chief Taylor; Officer Ahearn; Henry Louis; Mary Louis; The Carlson Gang [Carlson (villain); Walt (villain, death); Michaels [as Mitchell] (villain, death); Gip Sands (villain)]
A police patrol car is cruising slowly thru the back streets of Cleveland, Ohio
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #47 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al McWilliams (signed)
Al McWilliams (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
An early summer morning finds a holdup in progress...
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #48 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Chambers
Will Ely
Will Ely
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Gang Busters
John Winston; Pete Baxter; Tony Carter; Officer Kelly (death); Tri-State Gang [Flo McGuire (villain); George Mayer (villain); Hank Mayer (villain); Joe Cardo (villain); Ray Lowen (villain)]
This is the case of the Tri-State Gang...
G-Man John Winston and his assistants chase the Tri-State Gang to a showdown in Baltimore.
Reprinting
FlagPopular Comics #49 published March 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6

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