D.S. Publishing's Exposed True Crime Cases got off to a cold-blooded start in the first two issues of the Pre-Code era series. TrueCrime sponsored
\nThe Exposed title from D.S. Publishing lasted nine issues from 1948 to 1949 and contained a mix of high-profile murderers from throughout true crime history that often tended towards the brutal end of the true-crime comic book spectrum. Interestingly, two issues of the series caught Fredric Wertham's attention in Seduction of the Innocent with what he interpreted as 'how to commit crime' diagrams.
\nBut Exposed #2 includes one of the most gruesome and notorious stories in the title with'The Case of the Giggling Killer', about a boy who grew up a psychopath torturing animals and progressed to brutal murders. It's as brutal of a Pre-Code true crime comic book story as you're ever going to read. This one does not appear to be based on any particular historic true crime figure, and is likely an amalgam of historic crime cases.\nFounded by Richard Davis, D.S.