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Crimes by Women #1
The issue features "The True Story of Bonnie Parker, Queen of the Gunmolls," which depicts the criminal partnership of Bonnie Parker and her accomplice as they flee across Texas in 1934, robbing and evading law enforcement. After a series of robberies and close calls, Bonnie is eventually captured and separated from her male companion, who loses his memory after being shot. The story culminates in April 1935 with Bonnie's sentencing to twenty-five years in the federal penitentiary, though her partner escapes back to Brooklyn where he regains control of the criminal underworld.