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Lawbreakers Always Lose 10
Atlas Tales
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Issue Overview
Lawbreakers Always Lose #10 was published by Crime Bureau Stories, Inc. in October 1949. It is part of the Lawbreakers Always Lose series, which ran from Spring 1948 to October 1949.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "The Secret of the Smiling Maiden!." Indexed story credits include Pierce Rice and Chu Hing, among others.
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Issue Information
- Cover Date
- October 1949
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Crime Bureau Stories, Inc.
- Cover Titles
- I Met My Murderer!
- Cover Credits
- Can you identify the creators? Let us know
Stories
The Secret of the Smiling Maiden!
Credits
Pierce Rice pencils unsigned
Chu Hing inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Story based on the historic theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Musée du Louvre on 21 Aug 1911 by museum employee Vincenzo Perrugia. For some reason, the painting and museum are referred to as the "Museum of Classical Art" and "The Smiling Maiden;" the thief is called "Vincenzio Leopardi," and the date of the theft given as 23 Sep.
I Am My Own Murderer!
The Shivering Flame
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Wanted by the F.B.I.
Credits
Credits not yet documented
The Most Wonderful Dog in the World!
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Notes: Ad for Blaze the Wonder Collie.
The Killer Who Walked Like a Man!
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Story shows considerable similarity to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe (1841).