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Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) comic books 1949

  • Issue #7
    Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) 7
    Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) #7
    Published Jul 1949 by Ace International.
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    $399.00
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Other - see grading notes
    • Canadian Edition. Top right bracket chipped off.
    • Label #20-022A35A-005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Canadian Reprint. "The Cleveland Vulture" (art by Sid Greene), "Showdown in Abilene," "Big Gun of the Arsenal Gang," and "Jonathan Wild, Kingpin of Crime." Two page text story, "Ransom of the Dead," by John Mason. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) 8
    Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Canadian 1948 Ace International) #8
    Published Aug 1949 by Ace International.
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    $110.00
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    • 2" spine split from bottom of comic.

    Canadian Reprint. "The Human Bomb," "Blades of Doom!" (art by Sy Grudko), "The Man Who Talked Too Much," "The Ghoulish Gambler" (art by Frank Giacoia), and a two page story, "The Death Signal," by Alan Ross. Astute collectors seek pre-code comics featuring transvestism, hypodermic needles, "injury to eye" panels, and other oddball story devices. This issue features transvestism in "The Human Bomb," featuring three panels in which the villain dresses like a woman to evade capture. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.