Issue Details

Issue	#[nn]
Published	No Date [circa 1944]
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	132
Editing	Lev Gleason?

Cover Details

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Charles Biro?
Inks	Charles Biro?

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of contents"

Notes

Inside front cover. Published by William H. Wise, New York

12 page story "Crime Kings The Real Story Behind Lepke"

Characters	Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Genre	Crime
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Harry Lucey
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

10 page story "Wild Bill Hickok "

Characters	Wild Bill Hickok (dies)
Genre	Western; period
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

7 page story "Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue"

Characters	The Esposito Brothers
Genre	Crime
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

3 page story "The Saga of Harpshead Road"

Characters	Big Harp (dies)
Genre	Crime
Script	Charles Biro?
Pencils	Carl Hubbell? [as Hub]? Charles Biro?
Inks	Carl Hubbell? [as Hub]? Charles Biro?
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

2 page [Jon Overs] story "Two-Legged Rats"

Characters	Jon Overs (dies)
Genre	Crime
Script	Charles Biro?
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

5 page story "The Mad Musician and his Tunes of Doom"

Characters	Zilla (dies)
Genre	Crime
Script	Bob Wood?
Pencils	George Tuska?
Inks	George Tuska?
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

2 page text story "Hollywood's Panther Man Alias the Jersey Devil"

Genre	Crime
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Letters	Typeset
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

5 page story "The Case of the Twisted Cigarette"

Characters	Dick Williams
Genre	Crime
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman]
Inks	Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman]
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

5 page Be a Detective story "The Blackout Murder Mystery"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Norman Maurer?
Inks	Norman Maurer?
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

2 page Dickie Dean Boy Inventor story "The Bond Drive"

Characters	Bob Montana (cameo)
Genre	Humor
Script	Bob Montana?
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Notes	War Bond promo
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

1 page filler "Factograms"

Genre	Fact
Pencils	Ray Gill
Inks	Ray Gill
Notes	Black & White. True facts.

10 page War Eagle story

Characters	War Eagle [Bill Reed]; Mrs. Reed; The Wrench (villain, intro, dies)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Alan Mandel
Pencils	Alan Mandel
Inks	Alan Mandel
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #22

11 page story The True Story of Jack "Legs" Diamond

Characters	Mr. Crime
Genre	Crime
Script	Dick Wood
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

4 page story "The Mystery of Indian Dick and the Phantom Gold Mine"

Genre	Western; Crime
Pencils	Bart Tumey [as Tumey]
Inks	Bart Tumey [as Tumey]
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

7 page story "His Mother's Ghastly Vision"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Buriokoff
Inks	Buriokoff
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

8 page story "Death Works Overtime the True Story of Philadelphia's Poison Ring"

Genre	Crime
Script	Ivy
Pencils	Al Mandel
Inks	Al Mandel
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

6 page story "The Amazing Mystery of the Murders of Maltese Mansion"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Norman Maurer
Inks	Norman Maurer
Notes	2 pages are printed in black & white
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

2 page text story "The Strange Case of the Four-Legged Witness"

Genre	Crime
Script	Bob Wood? [as Woody Hamilton]
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

1 page activity

Synopsis	solution to "The Amazing Mystery of the Murders of Maltese Mansion"
Letters	Typeset

1 page story "Conny the Convict"

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Louis Trakis
Inks	Louis Trakis
Notes	One page four panel gag in black & white
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

10 page story "Billy the Kid"

Genre	Western; period
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

5 page story "Corpses for Sale"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24

8 page story "The Millen-Faber Case"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Frank Giacoia
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #24