Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books 1951-1953

Stories and art by Carl Wessler, C.H. Moore, Tony DiPreta, 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. A seasoned detective explains the Broadway beat to a rookie cop, in a story with some delightful dialogue ("You're just beatin' your gums, Ed! Times Square is a town in itself!"). During a scorching New York summer, NYPD searches for Hogan, the hood who shot one of their own. A detective dares the reader to figure out who killed an Amazon explorer with a blow-dart, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Tough Guy; The Classroom Secret; The Corpse Talks Back!; January Slayride; How They Were Trapped; The Man Who Trapped Himself; This'll Kill Ya!; The Poison Dart Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Wessler, C.H. Moore, Al Wenzel, Dick Rockwell, 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. Hitchhiker Arthur must prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering his last ride. Four small-time hoods disagree on how to divide the fortune in stolen loot that gets dropped into their laps. A detective dares the reader to figure out who's behind the armed robbery at a company payroll, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Trapped!; The Black Bag; On the Level; Double Alibi; The Mouthpiece; Crime Fact-Oddities; This'll Kill Ya!; The Case of the Orange-Picker Patrol. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carl Wessler, William Overgard, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, 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. A well-planned heist falls to pieces, in a story similar to "The Killing" or a Tarantino movie. A beautiful blonde femme fatale leads Dalton into a blackmail plot, in a story with delightful bad-girl art by William Overgard. A detective dares the reader to figure out a murder and the mystery phrase "Athabaska," in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. The Fifth Man; The Case of the Red-Headed Killer; The Big Blow-Off; Blackmail!; Death Comes For the Double-Crosser. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carl Wessler, William Overgard, Al McWilliams, Bill Molno, Dick Rockwell, 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. Four small-time hoods dream of being big-shot gangsters, but meet bitter ends, in a story narrated by Mr. Crime. The Fargo brothers set out to free their brother from Death Row, in a story with classy bad-girl art by William Overgard. A detective dares the reader to figure out who killed a man and stole the trophy at a beauty contest, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Death Can Wait; A Hearse For Danny; Fortress of Crime; The Beauty Contest Murder Case?; The Four Punks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Q. Sale, Tony DiPreta, Dick Rockwell, 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. A woman visiting the city begins to suspect the man who greeted her is not really her uncle, in a sharp little suspense story. A clueless bookie sets out to find the million-dollar scam that will win him the heart of gangster moll Bonnie, in a story with fun bad-girl art by Robert Q. Sale. A hotel detective dares the reader to figure out who killed a man at a resort for con men and grifters, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Scourge of the Bookies; Number 28 Motham Square; The Case of Wallace Grady; Hot Seat; Uncle Sam Has a Green Thumb; This'll Kill Ya!; The Shakedown Murder Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Q. Sale, C. H. Moore, Dick Rockwell, 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. Five hoods plot the perfect heist, but one of them is planning a double-cross, in a story narrated by Mr. Crime. A detective gets too close to a killer in the American Zone of postwar Berlin, where life is a chaotic ruin. A detective dares the reader to figure out the identity of a mystery sniper on a college campus, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. The Five Dopes; On the Level; Murderers' Circle; How They Were Trapped; Coonan's Comeback; The "Almost Perfect" Crime; Death Goes To College. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Q. Sale, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, 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. Police investigate what two hoods were doing on a high scaffolding when they fell to their deaths. A crook gaslights an accountant into becoming his patsy, but it backfires when the number-cruncher shows up with a bomb. A comic that dares the reader to figure out the mystery of a murdered detective at a charity bazaar, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. The Scaffold; The White Rose; The Blackout Murder; Box 444; The Death of the Private Eye. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al McWilliams, Alex Kotsky, 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. A detective is assigned to catch the escaped convicts who've been leading cops on a nationwide chase. Feuding street kids in Hell's Kitchen grow up to work on opposite sides of the law, and their feud turns deadly. A comic that dares the reader to figure out the mysterious connection between safecrackers and a master jewel thief, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Mission: Get 'Em!; Flight from Fury; A Time for Murder; The Cop from Hell's Kitchen; The Case of the Elusive Go-Between. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Dick Rockwell, Morris Waldinger, 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 story of Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre. A killer thinks he's committed the perfect crime, until a mysterious new lodger turns up at his boarding house. A comic that dares the reader to figure out the murder of an elderly matriarch at a creepy old mansion, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Verne Miller; The Case of "Moony" Morosco; The Boarder; Death at Gray Gables. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Frank Bolle, Claude 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. Members of a heist gang wait fifteen years for the loot that is buried in a coffin, and that's a lot of time to double-cross each other. A seemingly innocent tea made of the foxglove plant turns out to be a man's way of eliminating his invalid wife, in a story with early art by comics legend Gene Colan. A comic that dares the reader to figure out a murder during a white-water rafting trip, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. The Secret of the Coffin; The Foxglove; Caught Red-Handed; Jungle; How They Were Trapped; The Moosehorn River Mystery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler, Hal Sherman, 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 imprisoned killer sets out to dig himself to freedom, but this is no Shawshank Redemption. A tiny jeweled stickpin is the only evidence the cops have to find a couple's killer. A comic that dares the reader to figure out the murder of a loan shark, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. The Man Who Dug His Own Grave; Murder Plays No Favorites; The Walking Dead Man; Death Was His Only Witness; This'll Kill Ya; The Bullseye Murder Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Carl Wessler, 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. A cop investigates a work foreman who takes kickbacks from workers, dubbed a "vampire" in the parlance of the time. Robbers try to fool police by wearing identical masked outfits, a look that resembles The Spirit. A gangster thinks a TV crime show is too similar to his own life, so he decides to confront the creator on live TV, in front of millions of witnesses. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. The Vicious Vampire Racket; The Deadly Quartet; The Ten Percenter; Ten Million Witnesses; This'll Kill Ya!; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth; King of the Laundry Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al McWilliams, William Overgard, Dick Rockwell, Charles Nicholas, John Belfi, Frank Bolle, 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. Convicts escape prison and set out for revenge on Frank and Cassy, who betrayed them and testified at their trial. Quick-shooting gangland hit man Bullet Moroni finally gets into a situation he can't shoot his way out of. A gangster plots to turn his cohorts in to the police, but a gun moll overhears him discussing it. Backfire!; Ganglands First Law; The Last Confession; Insurance Dirt; A Triple Double Cross? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al McWilliams, Carl Wessler, Tony DiPreta, 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. During a masquerade party, a gangster and a nightclub owner resolve their longstanding feud with bullets. The story of "Henry Darpis" resembles that of Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, the gangster once given the title of "Public Enemy #1" by the FBI. A detective investigates the murder of a young veteran who was working as a bank messenger. Murder at the Masquerade; Henry Darpis, Public Enemy No. 1; Wrong Way Out; Caught in a Web; Death on Wheels. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani and Fred Kida. Stories and art by William Overgard, Carl Wessler, Dick Rockwell, 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. A one-eyed LA hitman turns state's evidence and is marked for death by the mob. A teen makes one mistake and is sent to reform school, where the other inmates soon turn him into a hardened criminal. Prohibition mob boss Red Mollison suspects that someone in his circle is leaking info to rival ganglord Boss Magnus. Squealers Choice; Murder By Appointment; The Loan Wolf; A Leak In The Organization; The Man Without a Conscience. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Ross Andru, Al Luster, Dick Rockwell, Bob Fujitani, Al Wenzel, 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. Inept hoods cause so much death and property damage that the mob itself sets out to track them down. A gang blackmails ordinary citizens into committing crimes for them, and they're willing to kill to keep the secret. Cop killer Ronald Brandton pulls the biggest mail robbery in US history to that point, and is hunted by authorities for six years. The Hunt; Blackmailed Into Crime; "Holiday" Hoodlums; Ronald Brandton, Cop Killer; Disgrace In Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Fred Kida, Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler, 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. A showgirl's habit of keeping bad company leads her into a trap set by a murderer. Blackmailing photographer Nola Latour uses infrared film to capture indiscretions, but one of her subjects is powerful enough to squeeze back. The Trombolli brothers try to rob a mail train, but the job dissolves into bloodshed and chaos. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Big Temptation; The Squeeze; The Marriage That Meant Murder; Brother Rats; Riddle of the Red Snow? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by 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. Spoiled rich kid Howard finds a high-dollar insurance scam that will keep him in comfort, even if he occasionally has to kill someone. A holdup gang tracks the two-bit hood who swiped their loot while they were exchanging gunfire with police. The funeral of a racketeering boss is a golden opportunity for his rivals to seize control of his rackets. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Go-Between; Million Dollar Hoodlum?; The Hard Rock Boys; The Big Send-Off; A Stoolies Reward. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, 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. A woman cons a bookie's bet-taker into being the inside man in her betting scheme, but his boss isn't going to be happy. Small-time hoods decide to "snatch," or kidnap, the daughter of a wealthy man, but soon realize they're in over their heads. George and Bud try to rob a bar, but the job dissolves into bloodshed and chaos. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. The Blonde Who Couldnt Lose…But Did!; The Clover Snatch; The Big Haul; Escape to Doom; This'll Kill Ya!; Return From a Ride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by 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. A D.A. succeeds in capturing one of the killers behind Murder Inc., but he isn't going to the chair easily, as depicted on the action-packed cover. A hit-man duo finds themselves in trouble with the mob after their latest hit brings too much police attention. A blonde femme fatale named... Blondie sets out for revenge against mobster Dutch Welch. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Dead Witnesses Can't Testify; Who Met the Assassins?; I Want Out; The Blonde Bombshell; Send No Flowers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, 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. In the 1930s, a high-stakes gambler decides he wants to put a rising boxer to work for him. The life and death of a small-time hood is revealed, as a warning to others that crime does not provide a sustainable lifestyle. A mobster gets himself elected sheriff so he can control the town. Also featuring a vintage ad for a Sherlock Holmes detective cap. Dive or Die; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!; The Reckless; On the Level; Message of Death; Crimetown, U.S.A. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Torture cover by Charles Biro! Ouch! Oh, my!

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler 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. Les Everhurd is riding high on slot machines and illegal liquor in Prohibition-era Brooklyn, until he meets a beautiful redhead who signals his downfall. The untimely arrival of Detective Clarke during a speakeasy shakedown causes Johnny Morrow to say, "You've stuck your nose into my business just once too often, copper!" In chapter 2 of the life of "Louie the Punk," Louie has killed his way to the top of the Duranto mob, but also inherited Duranto's enemies. Especially sadistic pre-Code bondage cover. A Dame Deals Death; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!, Chapter II; A Flaw in the Law!; The End of Johnny Morrow; News Oddities; "Baby Face" Benson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Al Wenzel, C. L. Hartman, Hy Mankin, Carl Wessler 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 convict fakes his own death to escape prison, so a cop goes undercover to track him down. Mobsters on motorcycles terrorize the town, in an early version of the "biker gang" stories of the later 1950s. In chapter 3 of the life of "Louie the Punk," Louie is targeted by the partner of one of his victims. The Big Haul; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!, Chapter III; Famous Last Words; The Mad Massacre of the Motorcycle Muggers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell 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. Cops track escaped killer Joe Becker into the swamps, where he meets a grisly fate, as portrayed on the pre-Code cover. A killer dressed as Santa terrorizes a town just before Christmas Eve. In another offbeat story, criminal vets steal a tank and attempt the ultimate bank job, but there's a reason no one's done that before. Manhunt For Joe Becker; Santa Packed a Gun!; The Story of "Baby Face" Nelson; The Incredible Tragedy of the Armored Tank Massacre. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Frank Bolle, William Overgard, Dick Rockwell, 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. Carlo spends 20 years planning his revenge against the cop who deported him, but he may have to kill his own son to get it. A random snapshot by an amateur photographer accidentally captures evidence of a murder. Convicts plot a daring prison escape using a locomotive. An image from this issue is featured in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent, with the caption, "What comic-book America stands for." Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Murder Was My Destiny; The Fatal Snapshot; The Kiss of Death Girl; The Sinister Plot of Mastermind Murdock; Okay, Louie, Drop That Pun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Frank Bolle, Jack Keller, Al Wenzel, 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 Boland brothers escape prison and go on a cross-country spree of robbery, kidnapping and murder. Washed-up gambler Charley is marked for death after he squeals, but his redheaded wife Sally knows the score. A small-time hood sees dollar signs when he meets his exact duplicate, a wealthy jeweler. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. The Wrong Road; They'll Get You; Boomerang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al Luster, Ken Landau, Al Wenzel, 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 quartet of convicts prepares a prison break. In Morocco, two gamblers try to resolve their longstanding feud with knives and bullets. Star quarterback Teddy gets in over his head with gambling debts, so mobsters try to get him to throw a game. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. The Big Crashout; Where Loser Takes All; Strange Criminals; Play Ball, or Play Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Frank Bolle, 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. Big Ed Mancini and his four hoodlums use a model train set to plan a modern-day (1938, that is) train robbery. The dramatic fall of Jack Zuta, gangster accountant for Al Capone, takes a lot of other people down with him. Ping Marsh uses his sharpshooting skills to kill for the mob. The Bloody $2,000,000 Train Robbery; The Death of a Gangster; Disciples of Deception; Swindler's Paradise; Squealer's Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Biro and others. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Sicilian siblings the Genna Brothers rule Chicago's Little Italy, until they come up against Capone's Chicago Outfit. Trivia about strange crimes includes the Gorilla Man robberies, perpetrated by a man in a gorilla suit. A master of escaping from prison tells his story in the first person. The Genna Brothers; Crime Oddities; Harry The Artist Hamilton; It's a Fact!; The Five Lives of Lucky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, George Tuska, Joe 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. Nick Rizzo joins the Calman gang for fun, but his brother the cop is not happy about it. A redheaded widow sets out for revenge against Joe Banton for causing her husband's death. A history of the Jack the Ripper murders. The Rizzo Brothers: Destination Doom; Bloody Bachelor Banton: the Woman Hater; The Terrible Terror; Death for a Double-Crosser: Chick's Last Count. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.