Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 29
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Issue #29
Published 1943 by Lev Gleason.$140.00
View scans- 3.5" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Water damage.
- Centerfold coming loose at single center staple. Miswrap/cut.
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- INCOMPLETE. Missing first and center wrap (affects "The Count of Gramercy Park", "This'll Kill You" and text stories). 7" Cumulative spine split with splitting tp interior wraps. Cover detached at single center staple.
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- INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing (only "Poison Dove", "The Corpse Who Would Not Stay Dead" and "Whodunnit?" stories are complete).
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Bob Wood, Jack Alderman 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. The unkillable Michael Malloy survives multiple murder attempts. "Two Gun" Crowley's 1931 shootout with police becomes national news and helps create the image of the Prohibition-era gangster. Gunfighter Luke Short survives numerous gunfights and finances some of the best-known saloons in the Old West. Crime Kings: The Phantom of Fort Wayne; The Poison Dove; Two-Gun Crowley; The Count of Gramercy Park; The Killer Who Died Laughing; Thisll Kill You; Little Luke Short; The Corpse That Would Not Stay Dead!; Whodunnit? Be a Detective. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
