Crime and Punishment comic books issue 59
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Published Feb 1953 by Lev Gleason.
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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.

