Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 121
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Issue #121
Published Apr 1953 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 Dick Rockwell 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. After the death of ganglord Arnold Rothstein, Waxey Gordon becomes involved in a losing power struggle with Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky. Lower East Side small-time hood Bugs Aaron is determined to get out of the slums, even if he has to start a gang war to do it. Mob mastermind Duke Jarboe meets his fate at a shootout with police atop a Ferris wheel. Also featuring "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." Extra-lurid showgirl cover by an unknown artist. The Incredible Dynamic Career of Irving (Waxey Gordon) Wexler; Marty Aarons: Bugs; Swindler's Paradise; Strange Criminals; The Crimeography of Duke Jarboe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
