ICYMI: The Saga of Stella & Bennie Dickson in True Crime Comics 3 at Auction
\nTrue Crime Comics #3, cover-dated July-August 1948 and published by Magazine Village, has long been considered an important issue for fans of crime comics. It features the real-life saga of Stella Mae and Bennie Dickson, a Bonnie and Clyde-style husband and wife team who went on a multi-state crime spree in 1938-1939, adapted into a comic story and cover by legendary comic book creator Jack Cole.
True Crime Comics #3 also includes a text story credited to O.J. Peterson, a U.S. Secret Service agent who worked in their Chicago office in the 1930s and 1940s. Peterson relates the story of Paul Massilotti, the leader of a ring of check forgers who was captured and convicted in 1937.\nJack Cole was a wildly creative and important Golden Age artist whose most famous creation is the character Plastic Man for Quality Comics.
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