Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books 1949

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Borth, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer 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. Schnoz "The Fix" Kulaski gains a reputation as the man who can fix any game in American sports. A circus trick-shot star becomes a booze-runner because he can't resist the lure of easy money. A parole-jumping killer proves no match for the experience of a retiring cop. Schnoz (The Fix) Kulaski; On the Level; "Dead-Eye" Slade; This'll Kill Ya!; Everett Duane; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laugh These Off!; Rod Williams. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Borth, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer 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. The Hunger Brothers start as stick-up men on the Cherokee Strip, and soon become the objects of a Midwestern manhunt. Zoot suit-wearing, bow-tied, tommygun-carrying Keno Rawson is a bank robber and a killer, but at least he looks sharp. A cop goes undercover in prison to learn that the Nash and Waters gang have buried their loot in a local cemetery. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Buck Rogers Sonic Ray gun. Mac Hunger and His Brother, Gil; On the Level; Keno Rawson; This'll Kill Ya!; Dwight Nash and Max Waters; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laugh These Off!; Who Is This Man? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Robert Perry, C.H. Moore, 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. Stick-up men commit two hold-ups and two murders, but their take is a mere $19. A horse trainer who knows how to fix races also has a talent for murder that will take him far in the busy field of organized crime. An extremely detailed look at the science of ballistics in 1949. Two Who Sold Their Lives For $19!; On the Level; Theodore Downes; This'll Kill Ya!; Steve Bracy and Al Moss; Science Vs. the Criminal: Ballistics; Our Police Hall of Fame; Thug Uglies; James Conlon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Robert Perry, C.H. Moore, Robert Martinott, 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. Hop-Head Harris - not a junkie, just a drunk - is framed for a mob killing that threatens to start a gang war. Bart Shocker pretends to be an ordinary salesman, but when he pulls a bank job, he kills two detectives. Larry Patton turns out to be a valuable addition to the Miller bank-robbing gang. Also featuring vintage ads for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks" and "Animated Lilliputiana." Hop-Head Harris and a Cop's Determination!; On the Level; Bart Shocker and Charlie Spenn; This'll Kill Ya!; Marty Phelps and Whitey Radin; Science Vs. the Criminal; Our Police Hall of Fame; Thug Uglies; Larry Patton and John Miller. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Joseph Gagliardi, 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. Luke Basller targets a poverty-stricken Yavati reservation after oil is discovered on their land. Boxer Lou Bailey sacrifices himself to protect innocent people during a robbery until his cop pal can spring into action. Homicide detectives investigate a "wild man" who lives deep in the Bear Skull Swamp. Cover and first page feature a photo endorsement from Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good moral influence on our youth." Luke Basller; On the Level; Lou Bailey and Dan Kendall; This'll Kill Ya!; The Clue of the Canadian Dollar!; Science Vs. the Criminal; Our Police Hall of Fame; The Bear Skull Swamp Murders!; Frank Fredly and Harold "Dunk" Blander. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Joseph Gagliardi, 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. The auto theft squad locks horns with the toughest hot-car ring in history. Gambler Manny Owens pressures Bo Keller to take a dive, but when the boxer gets a permanent KO, a boxing cop sets out to tag the killer. A hidden auto serial number holds the key to revealing a sheriff's killer. First page features an endorsement from Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good moral influence on our youth." 'Cellar-Dancer' Kiefer; On the Level; Manny Owens Vs. Johnny Fletcher; This'll Kill Ya!; The End of the Danton Mob!; Science Vs. the Criminal; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laugh These Off!; The Clue of the Secret Number! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, 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. An anonymous tip brings down Lester "The Louse" Diller, king of the early bootleggers, who hides his hooch in a sauerkraut juice factory. Mob kingpenWhitey Hicks and Burt Mott battle to the death to control the docks. Bank clerk Edward Ingram invests in stolen securities and collects bullets, in a story featuring actual use of the line "You'll never take me alive, coppers!" Cover and first page feature a photo endorsement from police Captain Felix Lynch, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." This endorsement was later cited (negatively) in the text of the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "U-Fly-It" flight simulator game. Lester "The Louse" Diller; On the Level; Double-Crossing Whitey Hicks and His Enemy in Crime, Burt Mott; Thug-Uglies; Don't Let Reformers Kid You...; The White Fedora Murders; Laugh These Off!; Edward Ingram. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Robert Perry, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, 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. Tip Dorrow uses his fleet of taxis to transport liquor all over the city during Prohibition. Rookie cop Ben Seldon corners two desperate characters, and earns his uniform. Prohibition hood Joe "Dizzy" Baker draws the ire of fellow felons by hijacking bootlegger shipments. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Captain Felix Lynch and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." Also featuring a vintage PSA to parents, warning of polio dangers. Tip Dorrow (Taxi Racketeer); On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: F.B.I.; Captain Roger Hanley; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Message to Parents: If Polio Hits Your Area This Year...; Rookie Ben Seldon; Joe "Dizzy" Baker; Gambling: The Odds Are Against You. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Joseph Gagliardi, Jack Keller, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, 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. Cigarettes and a telltale heel-print point a country sheriff toward a killer. A cop tries to get the goods on the waterfront rat behind two murders. Detailed info about FBI training procedures in 1949. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Captain Felix Lynch and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." Also featuring a vintage ad for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks." "Little Arnie" Lowry; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: G-Men; The Case of the Tell-Tale Heel; Who Killed Nathan Illis?; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Mac T. Elton; Lt. James Hoffman vs. Augie Kell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, 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. Three hoods, Ronald Tyrell, Clyde Devin and Joe Rustaw, come from different backgrounds but wind up in the same place: Death Row. An undercover cop is exposed and captured as a hostage by two killers. Bill Cowlin becomes a cop to go after the jewel thieves who shot his brother. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Your Own V-2 Model Rocket". Three Who Paid - The Grim Account of Three Last Miles; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: Book Worms!; Wanted: A Murderer!!; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laff These Off!; Led Lewis and Leo Brill; Ed and Bill Cowlin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Joseph Gagliardi 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. Sam Denta turns the fixed-fight game into his own personal income-generator, until the fighter called The Ape meets a terrible fate. Savvy seamen sink smugglers' schemes after a shoreside sortie. A police lieutenant doggedly pursues two cop killers, but their fellow crooks may do them in first. Sam Denta, King Of The Fix!; The Case Of The Overboard Gems!; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: Book Worms!; Mobsters - C.O.D.!; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laff These Off!; Death Without Warning!! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller 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. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.