FAMOUS GANGSTERS #1 * 5.0 * Avon Crime Mag * 97% Pure Rascality
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Title: FAMOUS GANGSTERS No. 1
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Publisher:Avon [Indicia: Avon Periodicals, Inc.]
Date Published: April, 1951
Description: VG/Fine (5.0). Spine nicks and rubs, nicks to top edge of front cover, sun shadows to back cover edges, slight staple pull. Cream to off-white pages.
Credits: Cover: George Roussos. Art: Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein and/or Mo Marcus?
GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $276 in 6/23.Crime Cram: Lowlife highlights from the crime careers of "Scarface" Al Capone, John Dillinger, "Lucky" Luciano, and Dutch Shultz. Cram-full of gunplay, bombings, pistol-whipping, mass murder, dope peddling, old-time tuff talk ("Why, you – nobody calls me CRUMB and gets away with it!"), etc.
The gangsters in this mag run wild for page after page, gleefully embracing every species of rascality without qualm until their inevitable downfall in the final panel of each story. Dr. Wertham considered the last-panel moralizing in crime comics to be disingenuous pandering, complaining that in a typical crime comic book there are "97 pictures of the criminal winning, and one for his violent end – a ratio of 97 parts of 'crime' to one of 'does not pay.'" – Dr. Fredric Wertham, "Comic Books: Blueprints for Delinquency," Reader's Digest, May 1954, p. 26.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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Author:
Title: FAMOUS GANGSTERS No. 1
Place Published:
Publisher:Avon [Indicia: Avon Periodicals, Inc.]
Date Published: April, 1951
Description: VG/Fine (5.0). Spine nicks and rubs, nicks to top edge of front cover, sun shadows to back cover edges, slight staple pull. Cream to off-white pages.
Credits: Cover: George Roussos. Art: Louis Ravielli, Marion Sitton, Marvin Stein and/or Mo Marcus?
GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $276 in 6/23.Crime Cram: Lowlife highlights from the crime careers of "Scarface" Al Capone, John Dillinger, "Lucky" Luciano, and Dutch Shultz. Cram-full of gunplay, bombings, pistol-whipping, mass murder, dope peddling, old-time tuff talk ("Why, you – nobody calls me CRUMB and gets away with it!"), etc.
The gangsters in this mag run wild for page after page, gleefully embracing every species of rascality without qualm until their inevitable downfall in the final panel of each story. Dr. Wertham considered the last-panel moralizing in crime comics to be disingenuous pandering, complaining that in a typical crime comic book there are "97 pictures of the criminal winning, and one for his violent end – a ratio of 97 parts of 'crime' to one of 'does not pay.'" – Dr. Fredric Wertham, "Comic Books: Blueprints for Delinquency," Reader's Digest, May 1954, p. 26.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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