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Number 453
The Scourge of London!
I get a kick out of old crime comics, especially the ones that throw around the word "true," as in "Based on a true story!" You drop your eyes down the splash page and come upon some boilerplate disclaimer that says the names and places are ficticious in this "true-to-life" story. "Any similarity between actual persons or places, blahblahblah..." There's a lot of difference between "true" and "true to life." So was there a Jonathan Wild, the Scourge of London? Did he invent organized crime? Who knows? Who cares? This is a crime comic book. The kids who were reading it weren't fact-checking.
It's from Justice #16, June 1950, a Marvel Comic. The artist isn't identified.
I'm also including an ad by Dan DeCarlo for My Friend Irma #3, and a full-page ad for a push-up bra, sexy stuff that segues into our next topic below.
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1 comment:
Yep, gonna hafta get me a copy of The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps!
Thanks Paps!
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