Official True Crime Cases #24 — GD/VG (3.0)
Marvel Comics, September 1947
Golden Age · True Crime · 10¢ cover price
Official True Crime Cases #24 is the first issue under this title, continuing from Sub-Mariner and marking Marvel’s early postwar shift into hard-edged, nonfiction crime comics. The issue features a Syd Shores cover with interior art by Carl Burgos, presenting a lineup of sensational crime stories including “Trapping the Bank Butchers,” “Masked For Murder,” and “The Case of the Grinning Killer.”
Pre-Code true crime books from this era were gritty, moralistic, and heavily read, making surviving copies increasingly scarce. This issue stands as an important early example of Marvel’s crime line before the genre clampdown of the 1950s.
Maj. Picto’s Grading Notes:
GD/VG (3.0). Noticeable wear consistent with the grade, including a detached centerfold and general handling wear typical of late-1940s crime comics. Overall presentation remains intact with strong Golden Age character.
Official True Crime Cases #24 — GD/VG (3.0)
Marvel Comics, September 1947
Golden Age · True Crime · 10¢ cover price
Official True Crime Cases #24 is the first issue under this title, continuing from Sub-Mariner and marking Marvel’s early postwar shift into hard-edged, nonfiction crime comics. The issue features a Syd Shores cover with interior art by Carl Burgos, presenting a lineup of sensational crime stories including “Trapping the Bank Butchers,” “Masked For Murder,” and “The Case of the Grinning Killer.”
Pre-Code true crime books from this era were gritty, moralistic, and heavily read, making surviving copies increasingly scarce. This issue stands as an important early example of Marvel’s crime line before the genre clampdown of the 1950s.
Maj. Picto’s Grading Notes:
GD/VG (3.0). Noticeable wear consistent with the grade, including a detached centerfold and general handling wear typical of late-1940s crime comics. Overall presentation remains intact with strong Golden Age character.
