Pay-Off (1948 D.S. Publishing) comic books

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Bob Butts, Louis Dresser, Louis Schroeder, Bob Jenney, Harry Anderson, Richard Case and Bernard Sachs. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Sonny Sloan faces a life of looking over his shoulder, after he informs on his cronies to get out of Sing Sing. After an accident costs him some fingers, Eddie turns to crime, but his constant kid gloves are a dead giveaway. At 15, Bummy gets an early start on his life of crime in New York's Hell's Kitchen. Stool Pigeon; The Murders on the Rue Brevet; Killer Dillers; The Kid Glove Killer; Death to the Blackmailer; The Guilty Conscience; Diamond Lil of Otsego; The Swimming Pool Murder; Tough Guy; The Boy Who Outsmarted Himself. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Bob Butts, Louis Dresser, and Bob Jenney. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Reporter Margo Mason investigates "The Mystic Eye" when a wealthy jeweler is targeted by a fortune-teller because of his well-known superstitions. After a disfiguring accident ruins her career, a fashion model gone mad targets other models for murder. Joe and his partner go on a robbery-murder spree, but one thing sets Joe apart from smarter crooks: he keeps a diary. The Mystic Eye; Case Of the Missing Bullets; Killer Dillers; Carbon Copy Death; Double Identity; The Tell-Tale Nails; The Hat Box Murders; The Pennsylvania Bluebeard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Howard Larsen, Walter Johnson, Louis Schroeder and Red Holmdale. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Insurance investigator Johnny Dickens tracks a hot-car ring. Redheaded Rusty investigates the murder of the inventor she was working for, and discovers some shady shenanigans. Inspector Wheeling probes the murder of a candy-store owner over what appears to be a handful of pennies. The Car Cannibals; Post-Mortem Patent; Rookie Cop; Killer Dillers; Nick Harder Crime Lab: The Case of the Forgetful Forger; The Corpse That Walked; Who Killed Ann Marsden?; Murder For Pennies; Antimony. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney and Red Holmdale. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Insurance investigator Johnny Dickens is called in after $1 million in jewels is stolen from a woman and replaced with fakes. A would-be burglar learns the secret past of the old dark Cobb House from its eccentric owner. WWI-era sailors encounter a modern version of the legendary Lorelei that lured the unwary to watery graves. The Lady and the Jewels; High Stakes; Murder and Make-Up; The Unhappy Millionaire; The Jinx; The Phantom Sloop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Bob Jenney, Gretchen George, B. Rhodes and Al McWilliams. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Two women end up in a life-raft after a cruise liner goes down, but one of them is a criminal. A police detective investigating a murder encounters a modern-day Jekyll-and-Hyde. Private eye Mike Rand discovers a mysterious secret society when a case takes him to a mansion on Long Island. The Beautiful Embezzler; Death Stalks the Stage; Dangerous Alibi; Shoes Of the Guilty; Murder in the Electric Chair; Deuce of Pearls; Killer Dillers; League of the 10,000. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.