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    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) #58 GD/VG 3.0
    Published Dec 1947 by Lev Gleason.

    Crime Does Not Pay (1942) 58 GD/VG 3.0

    Oxidation along top edge.

    Ended Jun 4 2019
    Winning Bid $33

    by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Early gangster Kid Dropper helps create New York's Prohibition underworld, but doesn't live to see it prosper. Fourteenth-century Scottish pirate Thomas Dun becomes a figure of legend. The Jersey Kid carefully plans out his crimes, but he didn't reckon on the wrath of a woman scorned. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Authentic Dick Tracy Tommy Gun and Detective Badge." Kid Dropper; The Policeman's Son Was a Bandit; Crime Quiz; Thomas Dun Single-Handed Killer of Thousands!; Paths to the Grave; The Bloody Manhunt for the Jersey Kid; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD/VG 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)