Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 108
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Issue #108
Published Mar 1952 by Lev Gleason.$59.00
View scans- Water damage.
$59.00
View scans$26.00
$35.00
View scans- 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, Claude Moore 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. During Prohibition, a con man decides to use his mob to hijack a bootlegger's shipment of booze. Small-time hoods try to convince a just-released safecracker to come out of retirement for one last job. Detective Geoffrey learns that a custom clothing tag holds the clue to a book dealer's suicide. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Double-Cross That Boomeranged; Jim Franton, Bootlegger versus Bud Rollins, Con-Man; The Junkies; One Thrill Too Many; On the Level; The Case of the Custom-Made Clothes. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
