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Issue: Gang World #5
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #5 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Literary Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Take a look, D.A.-- we have your daughter! If Mike Kroll is found guilty, she'll go in the river!
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Pages: 1
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Build a Fine Business... Full or Spare Time!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ned Mason ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Road to the Morgue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inker(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Allie Corcoran; Kate Corcoran; Kel Matzon; Doc Romano; Horse Nelson; Manvis; Richter; Tess
Synopsis: Allie Corcoran was just a guy out of prison when he helps a wounded mob boss.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1250
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson
Inker(s): Ray Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pud
First Line: Is the safari ready to start?
Synopsis: Pud and the gang go exploring.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form for Fleer's Dubble Bubble.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Crime Facts
Character(s): Alphonse Bertillon; Bert Wentworth
First Line: The study of fingerprints was used for identification purposes during the Tang Dynasty, 618 to 906 A.D.!
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: B-1295
Disclose Notes: Information on fingerprint use in ancient China, Alphones Bertillon and Bert Wentworth.
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Danny Conway's Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Giella ?
Inker(s): Joe Giella ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Danny Conway; Hopkins; Jill Foster; Joe; Pete
Synopsis: Danny Conway shoots a reporter who knows too much.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1227
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Woman Killer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Hendryx
Penciller(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inker(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Karen McKenna; Bob Willitz; Sanders; Al Noren
Synopsis: A masked killer of women is stalking the city and Karen McKenna is working late at her business.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: B-1275
Disclose Notes: Spot illustrations by Mastroserio.
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The Gun Moll

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inker(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Larry Brock; Claire Nolan; Pat Nolan; Magaloni; Frank
Synopsis: Claire loves Larry and will stand by him no matter what.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: B1219
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009.

The introduction identifies the guy as Larry Brooks, but the story calls him Larry Brock.
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On the Lam!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Jim McArdle
Inker(s): Jim McArdle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Barney Riorden; Lou; Doc; Chic; Montie; Daniel Bauers; Harry Quinn; Nora Peters; Len Carver
Synopsis: Barney Riorden is caught and sentenced to die, but his gang breaks him out.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1225
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009.
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This is the Tip-Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Al James; Bull Hansen; George Daly
Synopsis: How tips help cops solve crimes and catch crooks.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: B-1250
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? ; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? ; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Hirsch; George F. Jowett
First Line: I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!
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Cracker Jack's Magnetic Car

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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