Famous Crimes  (1948)

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Famous Crimes #1

Fox 1948 Vol. 1
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$150
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$500
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$1.5K
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of Golden Age crime series

Famous Crimes #2

Fox 1948 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$100
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$295
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$985
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Famous Crimes #3

Fox 1948 Vol. 1
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$55
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$170
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$600
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Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: excessive violence/electric chair panels

Famous Crimes #4

Fox 1948 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$12
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$35
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$115
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Famous Crimes #5

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$20
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$60
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$205
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Famous Crimes #6

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$25
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$70
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$225
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Famous Crimes #7

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
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$40
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$120
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$440
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Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: story about a hero who robbed a bank and shot five men to death

Famous Crimes #8

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$35
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$100
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$325
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Famous Crimes #9

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$25
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$75
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$245
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Famous Crimes #10

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
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$35
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$100
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$325
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Famous Crimes #11

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
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$35
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$100
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$325
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Famous Crimes #12

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
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$35
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$100
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$325
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Famous Crimes #13

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
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$15
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$45
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$155
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Famous Crimes #14

Fox 1949 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$30
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$90
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$300
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Famous Crimes #15

Fox 1950 Vol. 1
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$30
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$95
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$310
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Famous Crimes #16

Fox 1950 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$30
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$90
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$300
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Famous Crimes #17

Fox 1950 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$30
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$90
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$300
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Famous Crimes #18

Fox 1950 Vol. 1
Non-Key
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$30
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$90
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$300
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Famous Crimes #19

Fox 1950 Vol. 1
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$20
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$60
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$250
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Key Facts

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: lynching praised as an acceptable form of justice and in another story a man slaps a girl then threatens to slam a board full of spikes in her face

Famous Crimes #20

Fox 1951 Vol. 1
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$30
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$90
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$300
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