It would be Criminal not to show your CRIME comics! 20 20

[fifties]

4 hours ago, Robot Man said:

A couple new cool come books rolled in yesterday courtesy of a board member! 

A popular theme in crime and horror books...

Any similarity?

[Robot Man]

Yep, I had that in mind right away as well as this...

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[Electricmastro]

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[PeterPark]

Does anyone know who did the cover for Gangsters Can't Win 3?

It is really great but I can't find the artist...

[Robot Man]

Mailman brought me one of my favorite crime covers today! I've upgraded it a couple times but this is tied with one other for the highest. Guess my quest is done!

[rjpb]

20 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Mailman brought me one of my favorite crime covers today! I've upgraded it a couple times but this is tied with one other for the highest. Guess my quest is done!

A nifty crime clown cover like that would almost be enough for me to break the no photo-cover rule for crime books in my collection.

[rjpb]

Another crime clown cover. I'd probably break this out and read it if it wasn't the HGC, though it's not like it's a title that gets graded frequently. I'm guessing there are quite a few 8.0 or better raws floating around.

[Electricmastro]

Browsed through Orbit-Wanted’s Wanted Comics and it stood out to me how surreal it would get, more so than the average crime comic:

John Giunta (Wanted Comics #10, November 1947):

Mort Leav (Wanted Comics #13, May 1948):

Maurice Del Bourgo (Wanted Comics #15, September 1948):

John Forte (Wanted Comics #22, September 1949):

Art Cappello (Wanted Comics #37, May 1951):

Charles Miller (Wanted Comics #40, August 1951):

John Buscema (Wanted Comics #50, October 1952):

Harry Anderson (Wanted Comics #52, February 1953):

[fifties]

I don't remember if I've displayed this before, but here's my run of Wanted Comics, every issue;

[Robot Man]

Nice run! Great crime title. I had them all but decided to weed down my collection and just kept about maybe 20 of my favorite ones. I did get this from Junkdrawer here on the boards several years ago so it fills in a few I got rid of.

[PeterPark]

Is there any working theory on who the artist for the cover of Gangsters Can't Win 3 is? I see this issue go way above guide when it sells and I really like the cover but I can't place the girl by her face...

[Electricmastro]

21 minutes ago, PeterPark said:

Is there any working theory on who the artist for the cover of Gangsters Can't Win 3 is? I see this issue go way above guide when it sells and I really like the cover but I can't place the girl by her face...

Known cover artists include Ken Battefield, Paul Reinman, Bob Jenney, and Ellis Chambers, so maybe one of them?

[PeterPark]

52 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

Known cover artists include Ken Battefield, Paul Reinman, Bob Jenney, and Ellis Chambers, so maybe one of them?

Those are D.S. Publishing cover artists? I mean, anything is possible I guess but I am not very familiar with their work...

[PeterPark]

56 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

Known cover artists include Ken Battefield, Paul Reinman, Bob Jenney, and Ellis Chambers, so maybe one of them?

Maybe Bob Jenney? Based on a google search...I am still not sure...

[Electricmastro]

55 minutes ago, PeterPark said:

Maybe Bob Jenney? Based on a google search...I am still not sure...

There’s this list as well:

Source: http://www.bailsprojects.com/WhosWho.aspx

[PeterPark]

Well that muddies the waters...Do you have an idea, based on similar work by anyone on these lists? I can't be the first one to ponder this....

[Robot Man]

A pair of skeleton buddies. I couldn’t figure if this was a crime book or a horror book so I got two...

[thewritestuff]

35 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

A pair of skeleton buddies. I couldn’t figure if this was a crime book or a horror book so I got two...

I love this cover, but always thought of how cool it would be to see Death through the windshield from the driver's POV, sort of like the Ken Shannon zombie cover.