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Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) comic books 1950-1959

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Issue #12
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #12

Published Feb 1950 by Ace Magazines.
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"Boomerang Bluff," drug story in "Dealers in White Death," "One Angle Too Many," and "Styled for Disaster." Two page text story, "The Color of Murder." In the Overstreet Price Guide, the story "Dealers in White Death" is erroneously attributed to Crime Must Pay the Penalty #20. That story actually appears here in issue #12, and not in #20. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #13
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #13

Published Apr 1950 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #14
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #14

Published Jun 1950 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #43, most stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #33. In order of appearance: "Bad Medicine for a Killer"; "Sinister Brother-Act"; "Tunnel of Doom"; and "Frisco Floyd Said: 'I Run This Town!'". "Death on the Beam" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #15
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #15

Published Aug 1950 by Ace Magazines.
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In order of appearance: "Customer for a Coffin"; "Sudden Death's Dividends"; and "The Holiday Mob" and "Reward for a Cheat" reprinted with CCA alterations in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #45. "Better Schools Make Better Communities" art by Jerry Fasano. "All Roads Blocked" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #16
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #16

Published Oct 1950 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #35. In order of appearance: "The Gang of a Thousand Faces"; "Kingpin of the Hot Hot-Rods"; "Bean-Ball Boomerang"; and "Blue Blood Runs Red". "Killer's Trademark" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #17

Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #17

Published Dec 1950 by Ace Magazines.

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1" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose from bottom staple.

Issue #18
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #18

Published Feb 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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"Tiger Shark of the Fish Empire," "Knox County: Bork's Pet Peeve," "Only Suckers Take Chances," and "Headline-Hunting Hoodlum." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #19
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #19

Published Apr 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #44. In order of appearance: "New Faces for Sale!"; "Milton Vaughan: Young Man With a Chopper"; "Marked for Death"; and "Il Diavolo's Tight-Lipped Victims" art by Frank Sieminsky. "The Big Double-Cross" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #20
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #20

Published Jun 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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"The Million-Dollar Beggar," "Wimpy Bremmer's Epitaph in Bullets," "Triggerman for a Blonde," and "Big-House Bait." Two page text story, "The Clue." The Overstreet Price Guide mistakenly attributes the drug story "Dealers in White Death" to this issue. That story is actually in issue #12 of this series and is not featured here. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #21
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #21

Published Aug 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #22
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #22

Published Oct 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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"Crime Gusher," "The Number King's Crimson Payoff," "300-Grand Triple Cross," and "Joe Jenkin's Golden Sepulcher." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #23
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #23

Published Dec 1951 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #24
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #24

Published Feb 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #25
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #25

Published Apr 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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"The One Little Slip-Up," "Framed!", "Murder's Middleman," and "Panic in the Post Office." Two page text story, "Shoot on Sight." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #26
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #26

Published Jun 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #27
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #27

Published Aug 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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"Reservation for a Cold Slab," "Triggerman's Treatment," "Mayhem on the Pacific Limited," and "Policy for Death." Two page text story, "Grim Vengeance." Cover price $0.10.

Issue #28

Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #28

Published Oct 1952 by Ace Magazines.

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Paper: Off white to white
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"When the Showdown Came," "King on a Junk Pile," "Dirty Money," and "Boomerang Bobby-Trap." Two page text story, "Killer's Impersonation." Cover price $0.10.

Issue #29
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #29

Published Dec 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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"Death Flips a Wheel," "The Vanishing Bandits," "The Singing Rat," and "Terror Twins." Two page text story, "Cash and Carry." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #30
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #30

Published Feb 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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"Rx for Murder," "A Death Mask for Scarpa" (art by Ben Brown and Dave Gantz), "Obit for a Hood," and "Death is the Pay-Off." Two page text story, "No Honor!" Cover price $0.10.
Issue #31
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #31

Published Apr 1953 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #37. In order of appearance: "The Case of the Bribed Athletes, An Actual Case"; "Murder's Mouthpiece, An Actual Case"; "Hideout of No Return, An Actual Case" art by Lou Cameron; and "Death Rides the Railroad Heist, An Actual Case". "A Crook's Look!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #32
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #32

Published Jun 1952 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #35. In order of appearance: "Beautiful Babe + Crime King = Murder! An Actual Case"; "The Big Shakedown, An Actual Case"; "Murder's Double Poison, Big Joe and Little Joe, An Actual Case" art by Howard Larsen; and "The Punk With the Itchy Fingers, An Actual Case". "Hot Ice!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #33B
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #33B

Published Jul 1953 by Ace Magazines.
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This issue is the actual #33 in the series, dated July 1953. Cover price $0.10.

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$250 Crime Must Pay The Penalty #33 (Jul 1953) ✨ Graded 6.5 OFF-WHITE by CGC ✔ Ace

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Issue #34
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #34

Published Sep 1953 by Ace Magazines.
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"Signed in His Own Blood," "Double X Marks the Spot," "Flowers for a Mobster," "Death Has Two Faces." Two page text story, "Time to Kill." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #35
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #35

Published Nov 1953 by Ace Magazines.
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$600 Crime Must Pay The Penalty #35 (Nov 1953) ✨ Graded 8.0 OFF-WHITE by CGC ✔ Ace

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Issue #36
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #36

Published Jan 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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Reprints. In order of appearance: "Johnny Lazia, King of Kansas City" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 19th Century" art by Sidney Greene, reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; and "Comicrimes: The Body in the Bag!" and "Henry Plummer, 'Virginia City Renegade'" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. Murderer's Mirth!" text story reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #37
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #37

Published Mar 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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Reprints. A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers" and "Charlie Birger, Ruler of the Rackets" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; and "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3. "Night Encounter" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #38
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #38

Published May 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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Reprints. "Thomas Dun..." and "William Garner..." feature criminals who disguise themselves by cross-dressing. In order of appearance: "The Scourge of the South" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; "Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4; "...Get August Doaks!" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; and "William Garner, 'The Florida Fox!' reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. "Heist by Air Express" text story. "Murder for Profit: A True Crime Story" text story reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #39
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #39

Published Jul 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #34. In order of appearance: "King Con" art by Lou Cameron; "Deadly to Know"; "Jed Turlow, Trigger Tyrant"; and "'Just One More Haul!'". "Green Is for Death" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #40
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #40

Published Sep 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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"Brick Doran - Big Shot," "Mark of the Killer Hand," "Diploma in Crime," "Genius of the Double Cross," Two page text story, "Stone Walls Behind Him." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #41
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #41

Published Nov 1954 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #42
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #42

Published Jan 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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"Trained for Terror," "One Angle Too Many," "Doom on High," and "Movie-Struck Maniac." Two page text story, "Framed for Murder." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #43
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #43

Published Mar 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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Reprints. All stories reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #14. Most stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #33. In order of appearance: "Bad Medicine for a Killer"; "Sinister Brother-Act"; "Tunnel of Doom"; and "Frisco Floyd Said: 'I Run This Town!'". "Death on the Beam" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #44
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #44

Published May 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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Reprints. Last pre-Code issue. All stories reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #19. In order of appearance: "New Faces for Sale!"; "Milton Vaughan: Young Man With a Chopper"; "Marked for Death"; and "Il Diavolo's Tight-Lipped Victims". "The Big Double-Cross" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
Issue #45
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #45

Published Jul 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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Issue #46
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #46

Published Sep 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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"Case of the Double Identity," "You Can't Run Far Enough," "Clue of the Brass Key," "Lady in a Jam." Two page text piece, "All Roads Blocked." Cover price $0.10.
Issue #47
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #47

Published Nov 1955 by Ace Magazines.
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Title is "Penalty" Cover price $0.10.
Issue #48
Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) #48

Published Jan 1956 by Ace Magazines.
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Title is "Penalty." Final issue of the series. "Too Many Suspects," "Mystery of 17 Rue Rudolph," "Who Dun-It?" and "Clue of the Counterfeit Package." Cover price $0.10.