Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books 1951

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.