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Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 141

  • Issue #141
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 141

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Tony Di Preta, Al Wenzel, Pete Morisi 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. A gang war turns a town into a war zone. An extra-polite bank robber bears a strange resemblance to future extra-polite aircraft hijacker D.B. Cooper. Criminal mastermind Cecil has an alligator pit for those who defy him, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Anybody's Oyster; The Case of the Broken Bones; The Case of the Polite Bank Robber; The Judges' Dilemmas; The Violent Saga of the Ambitious Hank Dorish; Loony Line-Up; The Poison Peddler; Easy Money. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.