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Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 124

  • Issue #124
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 124

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler 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. Kid Twist becomes a hit man for Murder Inc. in the 1930s, before becoming an important and ultimately doomed witness against them. Escaped convicts take a hapless suburban family hostage to use their house as a hideout. Nick and Louis Vincent become involved in the Prohibition-era gang war between the Colombo and Jack Parsons gangs. The Rise and Fall of Abe "Kid" Reles, Dynamo of Hate; A Night of Terror; Strange Criminals; Crime Oddities; The Vicious Vincent Brothers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.