Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 35

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Dick Hall, Robert Q. Sale, 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 convict helps build the gas chamber in San Quentin, little realizing that he'll see it again soon. A Hollywood murder mystery features comedy star Jimmy Durante, in a whimsical whodunit with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring a vintage PSA for wartime paper salvaging, an early recycling program. Help Beat the Axis by Collecting Waste Paper; One Man Crime Wave; Pranzini of Paree; The Case of the Missing Toe; The Case of the Jersey Kid; The Man Who Built His Own Doom; Mystery Killing in the North Country; How Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante Solved the Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.