Crime Does Not Pay comic books issue 1
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Mar 2012 by Dark Horse.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #22-25. Uncut and uncensored, the infamous precode Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Fredric Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority. Now revered and mythic, this collection of the first four hard-to-find Crime Does Not Pay comics features a fine roster of Golden Age creators and a new introduction by Matt Fraction (Iron Man, Casanova)! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
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Vol. 1 #10
Published Feb 1968 by M.F. Enterprises.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Vol. 1 #11
Published May 1968 by M.F. Enterprises.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Vol. 1 #12
Published Jul 1968 by M.F. Enterprises.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Sep 2011 by Dark Horse.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st printing. Collects material from Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #23, 25-26, 30-32, 41-42, 48, 50, 53-55, 57, 59-61, and 64-67. Gangsters, kidnappers, maniacal killers, and thugs of all stripes had their lurid stories recounted in Crime Does Not Pay! Featuring thrilling, brutal tales and disturbing, despicable characters, Crime Does Not Pay enthralled a nation and was the most popular comic book of its time. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Fredric Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the Comics Code Authority-yet it was also an inspiration for Harvey Kurtzman's reality-based EC Comics. See why this series was both revered and reviled in this unique "best of" primer! Softcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jun 2014 by Dark Horse.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st printing. Written by Phil Stanford. Art and cover by Patric Reynolds. Portland, Oregon, is often called the Rose City, but the denizens that inhabit its underbelly rarely smell so sweet. Dirty cops, dirty robbers. These shady characters and their illicit connections reveal their boiling corruption in Phil Stanford's true crime stories. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. Collects City of Roses parts 1-12 from Dark Horse Presents. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
