Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) comic books 1948

A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "Johnny Lanza, King of Kansas City" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 18th Century" art by Sid Greene, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Comicrimes: Avenging Devil!"; "Solution: The Case of 'The Avenging Devil!'"; and "Get August Doaks!" and "The Scourge of the South" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. "Murder for Profit, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $39.00 View scans Cover detached. Staple rust with migration. Water damage and staining on interior pages (becoming brittle). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

"The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers," "Charlie Birger, Ruler of the Rackets," "Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!", "Comicrimes," "Henry Plummer, Virginia City Renegade," and "William Garner, The Florida Fox!" Two page text story, "Murderer's Mirth!" Astute collectors seek pre-code comics featuring transvestism, hypodermic needles, "injury to eye" panels, and other oddball story devices. In this issue, a double dose of transvestism occurs. In "Thomas Dun," Dun dresses up like a woman a couple of times to trick his intended victims. And in "William Garner, The Florida Fox," Garner dresses like a woman in an attempt to evade police. Cover price $0.10.

"The Flathead Gang," "Finger Men for Death," "Comicrimes," "John Ringo, The Scourge of the Sagebrush!", and a two page text story, April Fool's Finish." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $90.00 View scan Cover coming loose from staples. 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $133.00 View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

This title has two issues numbered #33. This one, the one dated Feb. 1948, is actually issue #1. The actual #33 issue is dated July 1953. Cover price $0.10.