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Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 144

  • Issue #144
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 144

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    Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by C. H. Moore, 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. Deputy Ed Kappa executes a daring car chase to catch Fat Face Klizerz' mob. Bill Cady, Joe Dancer and Chuck Stone come to be known as the Saturday Night Gang. Manny Langy fakes a hospital stay to create a murder alibi, in a story featuring the "sanitized" violence of the post-Code Crime Does Not Pay - all murders conveniently occurring off-panel. The Fall of the Saturday Night Gang; Gus Emory's Last Threat; I Helped Capture Fat Face Klinerz!; Light Side of the Law; Troubleshooter's Trouble; Paying for Trouble; On the Level; Science vs. the Criminal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.