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Issue: Four Color #7
Publication Date: July 1940
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Disclose Detail
Issues: #7 of 25 Issues (27 Printings)
Title: Gang Busters
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (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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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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Disclose Images2
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Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Stamp collectors stamp outfit - free!!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Midwood Stamp Company.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Donald Duck; John Carter; Pinocchio; Jiminy Cricket
First Line: Just out! New fast action stories
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
First Line: On the Night of April 25, 1935...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
First Line: Jack White was a petty crook..
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The Jack Markey Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): 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
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #40 published June 1939
was The Jack Markey Gang [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #41 published July 1939
was The Jack Markey Gang [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Officer Harris (death); Al Collins (villain); Cora Collins (villain)
First Line: Together we'll make headlines...
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #42 published August 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Big Boy Bob Brody (villain, death); Rice (villain); Hill (villain); Daly (villain)
First Line: 'Big Boy' Bob Brody, a slippery bank robber
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #43 published September 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The McCoy Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): 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)
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #44 published October 1939
was The McCoy Gang! Slot Machine Racket Murderers. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Harry Austin (villain); John West (villain); Joe Hanley (villain)
First Line: John West-a hardened old criminal
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #45 published November 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): 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)]
First Line: At exactly 12 o'clock noon
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #46 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): 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)]
First Line: A police patrol car is cruising slowly thru the back streets of Cleveland, Ohio
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #47 published January 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
First Line: An early summer morning finds a holdup in progress...
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #48 published February 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): 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)]
First Line: This is the case of the Tri-State Gang...
Synopsis: G-Man John Winston and his assistants chase the Tri-State Gang to a showdown in Baltimore.
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #49 published March 1940
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: True to its name - Popular Comics
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Get set for July
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Funnies.

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