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Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) comic books 1954-1956

  • Issue #36
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 36

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    Reprints. In order of appearance: "Johnny Lazia, King of Kansas City" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 19th Century" art by Sidney Greene, reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; and "Comicrimes: The Body in the Bag!" and "Henry Plummer, 'Virginia City Renegade'" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. Murderer's Mirth!" text story reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #37
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 37

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    Reprints. A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers" and "Charlie Birger, Ruler of the Rackets" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; and "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3. "Night Encounter" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 38

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    Reprints. "Thomas Dun..." and "William Garner..." feature criminals who disguise themselves by cross-dressing. In order of appearance: "The Scourge of the South" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; "Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4; "...Get August Doaks!" reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3; and "William Garner, 'The Florida Fox!' reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #4. "Heist by Air Express" text story. "Murder for Profit: A True Crime Story" text story reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 39

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    All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #34. In order of appearance: "King Con" art by Lou Cameron; "Deadly to Know"; "Jed Turlow, Trigger Tyrant"; and "'Just One More Haul!'". "Green Is for Death" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #40
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 40

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    "Brick Doran - Big Shot," "Mark of the Killer Hand," "Diploma in Crime," "Genius of the Double Cross," Two page text story, "Stone Walls Behind Him." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #41
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 41

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  • Issue #42
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 42

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    "Trained for Terror," "One Angle Too Many," "Doom on High," and "Movie-Struck Maniac." Two page text story, "Framed for Murder." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #43
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 43

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    Reprints. All stories reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #14. Most stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #33. In order of appearance: "Bad Medicine for a Killer"; "Sinister Brother-Act"; "Tunnel of Doom"; and "Frisco Floyd Said: 'I Run This Town!'". "Death on the Beam" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #44
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 44

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    Reprints. Last pre-Code issue. All stories reprinted from Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #19. In order of appearance: "New Faces for Sale!"; "Milton Vaughan: Young Man With a Chopper"; "Marked for Death"; and "Il Diavolo's Tight-Lipped Victims". "The Big Double-Cross" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #45
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 45
  • Issue #46
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 46

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    "Case of the Double Identity," "You Can't Run Far Enough," "Clue of the Brass Key," "Lady in a Jam." Two page text piece, "All Roads Blocked." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 47

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    Title is "Penalty" Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #48
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 48

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    Title is "Penalty." Final issue of the series. "Too Many Suspects," "Mystery of 17 Rue Rudolph," "Who Dun-It?" and "Clue of the Counterfeit Package." Cover price $0.10.