Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 71
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Issue #71
Published Jan 1949 by Lev Gleason.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Fred Kida 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. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Hank Charters, who stays one step ahead of the cops until a missing jewelry stickpin connects him to a murder. Trapped by police on a freight car, William Howard shoots his way out, but only succeeds in becoming a fugitive cop-killer. A story that dares the reader to figure out the killer of a blackmailer who left behind plenty of suspects. Hank Charters; Booze, Guns and Zeke Toller; Science vs. the Criminal; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; On The Level; There Is No Escape for a Cop-Killer; Who Dunnit: Who Killed Link Grantley? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #71
This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) #71. Cover by George Tuska (credited as Charles Biro). Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Bob Fujitani, 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. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
