Alvin Creepy Karpis
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job #
7714
Pages
7
Type
art
Notes: Biographical account of gangster Alvin Francis "Creepy Karpis" Karpowicz (1907-1979).
Hammer Horror
Credits
Vernon Henkel pencils attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Ger Apeldoorn: Story Information
Job #
7681
Pages
5
Type
art
Notes: Jack Kirby wasn't the only one who used Thor before 1962. In this 1951 story
there is a murderer who kills paople with his hammer and thinks he is Thor,
proving the stereotype of the bearded Norwegian Thor was more common
that the pure Kirbyites think. - Ger A.
Features a deranged hammer-wielding killer named Thorson, who thinks he is Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. Note in splash makes reference to "the famous 'Black Daisy' murder case in 1947," an allusion to the much-publicized mutilation-murder of Elizabeth Short (1924-1947), the so-called "Black Dahlia". - Tom Lammers
The Classroom Secret
Credits
Jerry Fasano pencils attributed
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Pages
1
Type
public service
Notes: Publicizing an organization called the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools.