Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $85.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split. Chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Dick Wood and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Each story starts with a little gravestone, showing the date and method of the criminal's death. Narrated by a ghost cop, Officer Common Sense. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself. The story of notorious German serial killer Peter Kurten, known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. Bootlegger Charles "Vannie" Higgins, called "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" is notorious for his escapes from the law. The Crimson Story of Vannie Higgins; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; Gyp Artist; Small Fry Killer; Butcher of Dusseldorf; Fingerprints Can't Be Changed!; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle, George Tuska, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Neal Bowman sees himself as a modern-day outlaw, robbing gas stations to get his name in the papers. Francis Boyd and David Reagan manage to elude the cops until a final shoot-out, featuring a killer with the wildest haircut since Dick Tracy's Flattop. Professor Blanc is actually a woman-killer known as the Plague of Paris, in an oft-reprinted story with art by Fred Guardineer. The cover illustration, with a thief stealing from a blind newsdealer, may have been referenced in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Buck Kelly "The Tough Guy"; Hot-Headed Francis Boyd and His Pal; Joe Kratz "the Terrible"; The Trusted Killer; Neal Bowman; Plague of Paris. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Mike Roy, John Belfi, Leonard Starr, George Tuska, Tony DiPreta, Joe Certa and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Joe Bologna's double-dealing and knack for exaggerating his accomplishments earns him the mob nickname Baloney Bender. Lesley's drinking and gambling ruin his marriage and life and eventually turn him into a criminal. In the early 1900s, rural nurse Bertha Gifford becomes one of the first female serial killers. This issue was mentioned in the text of the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Emil (the Terrible) Reck; Joe Bologna; Lesley Ketchell; They Muffed Their Murder; Frank Budnik and John Baker; Bertha Gifford Killer of 19 People! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C. H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Tony DiPreta, Chic Stone and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. The story of famed outlaw Clyde Barrow and his lesser-known brother, Marvin. Patriotic-sounding John Paul Chase worked with some of the top names in Depression-era crime: the Karpis-Barker Gang, Baby Face Nelson and even the John Dillinger gang. Bill Dillon progresses from stealing cars to bank jobs to kidnapping. Clyde and Marvin Barrow; On the Level; Bill Dillon; This'll Kill Ya!; John Paul Chase; Dinty the Crime Reporter; Death and Small Change; Wild Will Doolin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, C.H. Moore, Charles Nicholas, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Fred Goetz, aka "Shotgun" George Ziegler, works for Capone's Chicago Outfit and winds up on the right side of the barrel in 1929's Valentine's Day Massacre. Elmer Henry Pierce goes on a spree of crime after killing his niece in cold blood. George Barrett, car thief and killer, is the reason it's a capital offense to kill a federal agent. Fred Goetz, Alias "Shotgun" George Ziegler; On the Level; Barry Feder; Buff Higgins; Elmer Henry Pierce, the Terror of Two Cities!; The Mad Houdini; George Barrett. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Joseph Gagliardi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Bootleggers Denny and Cy Reckus have a good thing going until they try to flee from cops across the subway tracks. A con man trying to elude capture starts a vicious cycle of murder and bloodshed. The Coast Guard and a Treasury agent join forces to get the goods on counterfeiter Gus Rollins. The Reckus Brothers; The Daisy Chain of Death; On the Level; Charles "Lucky" Ward; Our Police Hall of Fame; Surrender or Die! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta, E. J. Smalle, Joseph Gagliardi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Deranged killer Paul Pollitt slowly loses his grip on reality, but he hasn't forgotten how to kill. A killer thinks he can always elude the cops as long as he has his lucky cat-shaped charm, but what happens when he loses it? A condemned killer gets to plead for his life before the governor, so he reveals his sad life story. Madman Paul Pollitt, Was He Really Crazy?; The Case of the Superstitious Robber; On the Level; Death Was In the Corner; Our Police Hall of Fame; While the Chair Waited. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carl Wessler, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Wrongly imprisoned Johnny wants to join a prison break, but the other convicts don't think he should risk it. A nearsighted crook ends up in a crime version of that old Twilight Zone episode after he breaks his glasses, in a story hosted by Mr. Crime. A detective dares the reader to figure out which of four identically-dressed golf buddies murdered a man on a fairway, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Don't Let Johnny Go!; How They Were Trapped; Hotel Hood; On the Level; Blind As a Bat; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya!; Death On the Fairway. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler, William Overgard, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. A detective investigates a crooked patent attorney who steals his clients' ideas. Sinister sideshow magician Doctor Zeno shouldn't have used the knife from his act to commit murder. Novice police detective Paul flushes out a fugitive racketeer and killer on his first case. Murder at a Price; The Knife of Macbeth; The Strangler; A Detective Is Born; Tides of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Torture cover by Charles Biro! Ouch! Oh, my!

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Les Everhurd is riding high on slot machines and illegal liquor in Prohibition-era Brooklyn, until he meets a beautiful redhead who signals his downfall. The untimely arrival of Detective Clarke during a speakeasy shakedown causes Johnny Morrow to say, "You've stuck your nose into my business just once too often, copper!" In chapter 2 of the life of "Louie the Punk," Louie has killed his way to the top of the Duranto mob, but also inherited Duranto's enemies. Especially sadistic pre-Code bondage cover. A Dame Deals Death; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!, Chapter II; A Flaw in the Law!; The End of Johnny Morrow; News Oddities; "Baby Face" Benson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Frank Bolle, William Overgard, Dick Rockwell, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Carlo spends 20 years planning his revenge against the cop who deported him, but he may have to kill his own son to get it. A random snapshot by an amateur photographer accidentally captures evidence of a murder. Convicts plot a daring prison escape using a locomotive. An image from this issue is featured in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent, with the caption, "What comic-book America stands for." Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Murder Was My Destiny; The Fatal Snapshot; The Kiss of Death Girl; The Sinister Plot of Mastermind Murdock; Okay, Louie, Drop That Pun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Frank Bolle, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Big Ed Mancini and his four hoodlums use a model train set to plan a modern-day (1938, that is) train robbery. The dramatic fall of Jack Zuta, gangster accountant for Al Capone, takes a lot of other people down with him. Ping Marsh uses his sharpshooting skills to kill for the mob. The Bloody $2,000,000 Train Robbery; The Death of a Gangster; Disciples of Deception; Swindler's Paradise; Squealer's Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Toth. Stories and art by Ben Brown, Bill Finger and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. All the stories in this issue attempt to simulate a 3-D effect (without glasses) through the use of page-wide panels with curved borders, a process called "Deep Dimension" in the promotional copy. A trick motorcycle rider decides to use his skill sets for stealing jewelry. An article on the Food and Drug Safety Dept., written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger! A gang decides to attempt a modern-day train robbery after their femme-fatale member cases the station. Death on Wheels; The Show-Off; Are You Being Poisoned?; Murder in the Bathtub; The Gang War Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.