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Large Feature Comic, #17

Published: [July] 1941

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Large Feature Comic #17

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Issue Contents:
1 page crime
Characters
  • John Winston
Credits
Story 1 6 pages crime

"This is the story of Hank Lamar, the prison Houdini."

Storyline

Hank Lamar escapes from prison and changes his face with plastic surgery.

Characters
  • Hank Lamar [also as John Williams
  • also as Mr. Hammer
  • also as George Benson]
  • John Winston
  • Tony Carter
  • Hogan
Credits
Story 2 4 pages crime

"This is the true case of Ernie Hall."

Storyline

Ernie Hall skips out on bail and lays low for a while under a false name.

Characters
  • John Winston
  • Ernie Hall [also as L. E. Foster]
  • Gorilla
  • Tony Carter
  • Mrs. Hall
  • Jack
  • Mrs. O'Brien
  • Helen Barry Foster
Credits
Story 3 6 pages crime

"Gus McGoig's ambition was to make Dillinger to look like a piker, but his first attempted robbery ended in failure and he was thrown in a local jail cell where he met Clarence Bunch, a bank robber"

Storyline

Gus and Clarence escape from jail and go on a crime spree.

Characters
  • Gus McGoig
  • Clarence Bunch
  • John Winston
  • Pete Dean
  • Frank Hopson
  • Thula [also as Rose Dean]
Credits
Story Notes

Erwin L. Hess's signature removed from this reprint.

Story 4 6 pages crime

"Late one night, a gray touring car pulls up at the Jane's Filling Station"

Storyline

Prince and Hall rob a gas station and kill a cop.

Characters
  • Joe Prince [also as Joe Klein]
  • Rusty Hall
  • Mr. Janes
  • Mike Bauer
  • John Winston
  • Edwin Asher
  • Mrs. Asher
  • Ryan
  • Mr. Pacelli
  • Mrs. Hall
  • Mabel
Credits
Story Notes

Erwin L. Hess's signature removed from this reprint.

Story 5 6 pages crime

"Jud Durk, called the "Phantom" because he was "killed" and came back to life again."

Storyline

After a string of bad luck, Jud turns to a life of crime.

Characters
  • Jud Durk [The Phantom
  • also as Jim Mason]
  • Dave Durk
  • Tex Willard
  • Mrs. Durk
  • Jess
  • Pat
  • John Winston
  • Clarence
  • Bill
Credits
Story Notes

Erwin L. Hess' signature removed from reprint.

Story 6 6 pages crime

"It is on a cold January night back in 1925 - while walking his beat, near midnight, patrolman John Floyd stops for a moment to look at a new model sedan he has been admiring in the display window of a Marietta, Ohio, salesroom"

Storyline

A police officer is murdered in Marietta, Ohio.

Characters
  • John Floyd
  • Mr. Allen
  • John Winston
  • Red Caulkett [also as H. C. Jones
  • also as H. C. Johnson]
  • M. H. Dugan [also as J. Blake]
Credits
Story Notes

Erwin L. Hess's signature removed from reprint.

Story 7 5 pages crime

""Smart guy" Howard Sawyer, 19 years old, who figured he was clever enough to break the law and get away with it, is sent to the penitentiary where he meets up with another young prisoner, Bud Hogan"

Storyline

Sawyer and Hogan meet in prison and after both are paroled, they go on a crime spree.

Characters
  • Howard Sawyer
  • Bud Hogan [also as Spatz]
  • John Winston
  • Sally Jones
  • Mr. Baumann
Credits
Story Notes

Erwin L. Hess' signature removed from reprint.

Lucky 3
Story 8 6 pages crime
Storyline

Three young hoods decide to commit crimes following the rule of three.

Characters
  • Lucky 3 [Frank Winsky
  • Joe Bates
  • Slip Morley]
  • John Winston
  • Mike
  • Dan Kirby
  • Clancy
  • Finn
  • Mrs. Morley
Credits
Pete Bono
Story 9 6 pages crime
Storyline

Pete Bono leads the cops on a crime spree.

Characters
  • Pete Bono
  • Mr. Loeder
  • Mr. Smith
  • John Winston
  • Sam Meyer
  • Bo Baxter
Credits
Story Notes

Last page of the story is also the back cover and the only page in color.