Crime Does Not Pay Archives HC (2012 Dark Horse) comic books 2013
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Issue #4-1ST
Published Mar 2013 by Dark Horse.$45.00
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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #34-37. Witten by Dick Wood and Lev Gleason. Art by Rudy Palais. Foreword by David Lapham. One of the bestselling comics of the 1940s, Crime Does Not Pay focused on violent mobsters and murderous lowlifes who machine-gunned their way through the urban underworld . . . until justice landed them in the chair! In 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency targeted this comic series for its graphic violence, eventually leading to the creation of the repressive Comics Code Authority. Issues #34-#37 of this visceral, provocative series are now collected into one fine, head-walloping hardcover, with a foreword by David Lapham! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
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Issue #5-1ST
Published Aug 2013 by Dark Horse.$45.00
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Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #38-41. Witten by Dick Wood and Lev Gleason. Art and Cover by Biro. Foreword by Paul Gravett. One of the bestselling comics of the 1940s, Crime Does Not Pay focused on violent mobsters and murderous lowlifes who machine-gunned their way through the urban underworld . . . until justice landed them in the chair! In 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency targeted this comic series for its graphic violence, eventually leading to the creation of the repressive Comics Code Authority. Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
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Issue #6-1ST
Published Dec 2013 by Dark Horse.$28.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #42-45. Witten by Dick Wood and Lev Gleason. Art and Cover by Jack Alderman. Foreword by R.L. Stine. Tommy-gun-toting toughs roar across the pages of Crime Does Not Pay, the sensational 1940s comic that enraptured millions with its scandalous stories of criminal scum, ripped right from the headlines! This hardcover collects issues #42-#45 of this infamous series and features a new foreword by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine! Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
