Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 142
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Issue #142
Published 1955 by Lev Gleason.$19.00
View scan$12.00
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Howard O'Donnell, 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. 'Truck' Browne carries out a series of modern-day train robberies. Tubercular criminal Duke Murry uses his grim diagnosis to get paroled and back into the game of crime. Dr. Aldiers has a reason for tending to his ailing, wealthy father-in-law, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. The Vengeful Big 'Truck' Browne; 3 Alarm Homicide; Duke Murry's Bust Out Bust; Curiosities in Law and Crime; Fast Cure for Dr. Aldiers; Nickel Fare to Doom; Who Dunnit? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
