The mystery of Mary Rogers
By: compiled and illustrated by Rick Geary.
Series: Treasury of Victorian murder
Publisher: NBM/Comics Lit
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Rogers, Mary, -- 1820-1841 -- Comic books, strips, etc.; Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genres: Comic books, strips, etc.
Description: Uses comic art to examine the question of who killed Mary Rogers, a young nineteenth-century New York woman rumored to have died of a botched abortion attempt; includes discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's story based on the case, "The Mystery of Mary Roget."
Notes: "A chronicle of the disappearance and murder of 'the beautiful Segar girl' in July, 1841--a crime which was never solved--and which inspired the sensational tale by Edgar A. Poe."

Includes bibliographical references.