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Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books 1951

  • Issue #45
    Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 45
    • Only one staple (manufacturing). 5" Spine split from bottom.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler, William Overgard, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. A detective investigates a crooked patent attorney who steals his clients' ideas. Sinister sideshow magician Doctor Zeno shouldn't have used the knife from his act to commit murder. Novice police detective Paul flushes out a fugitive racketeer and killer on his first case. Murder at a Price; The Knife of Macbeth; The Strangler; A Detective Is Born; Tides of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.