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Crime Exposed (2nd - Dec 50) 2

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Published December 1950 – June 1952
Issue Numbers 1 – 14
Total Issues 14
Crime Exposed #2 (1951) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
February 1951
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Prime Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
Two Mad Dog Brothers!
 
Cover Credits
Bill LaCava pencils guess
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Crime Exposed (2nd - Dec 50) #2 was published by Prime Publications, Inc. in February 1951. It is part of the Crime Exposed (2nd - Dec 50) series, which ran from December 1950 to June 1952.

Cover credits include Bill LaCava.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "The Two Mad Dogs." Indexed story credits include Vernon Henkel and Myron Fass, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

7695 The Two Mad Dogs Page 1
Notes: The 'true' story of the Mad Dog brothers... with a Daily Globe headline. - Ger A.
7697 Shanghaied Page 1
Notes: Interestingly, this story is clearly signed Nyron Fass with an N. Was that another spelling of his name, or did the inker just misunderstand the name over the telephone? - Ger A.
7705 The Man Without A Face Page 1
7713 The String Puller! Page 1
Notes: This is the odd one here. A four page story about a corrupt small town judge and the rookie cop who exposes him, drawn in a style unlike anything I have seen at Timely. Some of the characters are almost caricatures, especially the ones in the splash panel. The inking is a hurried version of the thick and thin ink brush style in the Milton Caniff school. It has touches of the artist of DC's The Star Spangled Kid, which seems to be Hal Sherman. The hastily done brushwork is reminiscent of Howard Post's later work. But the total gives me a strong impression of the combination of John Severin and Harvey Kurtzman. Severin for the straight faced characters with the typically drawn long noses and Kurtzman for the brushwork and some of the expressions. I know from John Benson's research that Severin and Kurtzman tried doing some sort of commercial booklet for one of the Goodman brothers and they did team up on Prize Comics Western, so it is possible. But maybe someone recognizes this as something totally different? - Ger A.

Looking for the full run? Browse the Crime Exposed (2nd - Dec 50) checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.