Bledsoe (The Forty Elephants) serves up a dynamic portrait of historical crime figure Virginia Hill, presenting her as a formidable player in the 1930s–1940s Chicago mob despite being known primarily ...

Mezco's Gangsters Inc. line launched in the mid-2000s as a stylized homage to 1930s mobsters and pulp-fiction noir. These figures were larger than typical action figures, packed with character, ...

List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of ...