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Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) comic books 1948

  • Issue #2
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 2
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #2
    Published Jun 1948 by Ace Magazines.
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0347403002
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  • Issue #3
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 3
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #3
    Published Aug 1948 by Ace Magazines.

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    A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "Johnny Lanza, King of Kansas City" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 18th Century" art by Sid Greene, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Comicrimes: Avenging Devil!"; "Solution: The Case of 'The Avenging Devil!'"; and "Get August Doaks!" and "The Scourge of the South" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. "Murder for Profit, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 4
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #4
    Published Oct 1948 by Ace Magazines.

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    "The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers," "Charlie Birger, Ruler of the Rackets," "Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!", "Comicrimes," "Henry Plummer, Virginia City Renegade," and "William Garner, The Florida Fox!" Two page text story, "Murderer's Mirth!" Astute collectors seek pre-code comics featuring transvestism, hypodermic needles, "injury to eye" panels, and other oddball story devices. In this issue, a double dose of transvestism occurs. In "Thomas Dun," Dun dresses up like a woman a couple of times to trick his intended victims. And in "William Garner, The Florida Fox," Garner dresses like a woman in an attempt to evade police. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 5
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #5
    Published Dec 1948 by Ace Magazines.

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    "The Flathead Gang," "Finger Men for Death," "Comicrimes," "John Ringo, The Scourge of the Sagebrush!", and a two page text story, April Fool's Finish." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33A
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 33A
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #33A
    Published Feb 1948 by Ace Magazines.
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    • Cover coming loose from staples. 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
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    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.
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    This title has two issues numbered #33. This one, the one dated Feb. 1948, is actually issue #1. The actual #33 issue is dated July 1953. Cover price $0.10.