Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) comic books 1955 or before

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $50.00 View scans 2" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation with chipping. Water spotting. Staple rust. Cover coming loose at staples.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $30.00 View scan 1" cumulative spine split. Oxidation with splitting on interior pages and chipping. Water spotting. Staple rust.

A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "Johnny Lanza, King of Kansas City" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 18th Century" art by Sid Greene, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Comicrimes: Avenging Devil!"; "Solution: The Case of 'The Avenging Devil!'"; and "Get August Doaks!" and "The Scourge of the South" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. "Murder for Profit, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $85.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water damage. Staple rust.

"The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers," "Charlie Birger, Ruler of the Rackets," "Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!", "Comicrimes," "Henry Plummer, Virginia City Renegade," and "William Garner, The Florida Fox!" Two page text story, "Murderer's Mirth!" Astute collectors seek pre-code comics featuring transvestism, hypodermic needles, "injury to eye" panels, and other oddball story devices. In this issue, a double dose of transvestism occurs. In "Thomas Dun," Dun dresses up like a woman a couple of times to trick his intended victims. And in "William Garner, The Florida Fox," Garner dresses like a woman in an attempt to evade police. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $35.00 View scan 1" cumulative spine split. Chew. Staple rust.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $30.00 View scan Two center wraps detached at one staple. Water damage. Residue. Staple rust.

"The Flathead Gang," "Finger Men for Death," "Comicrimes," "John Ringo, The Scourge of the Sagebrush!", and a two page text story, April Fool's Finish." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.25 View scan 1" spine split from top. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other. Water spotting. Residue. Staple rust.

"The Cleveland Vulture" (art by Sid Greene), "Showdown in Abilene," "Big Gun of the Arsenal Gang," and "Jonathan Wild, Kingpin of Crime." Two page text story, "Ransom of the Dead," by John Mason. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $25.00 View scans Cover detached. Spine roll, torn edges (pages not fully separated at manufacturing).

In order of appearance: "Movie-Struck Maniac!" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #42 and in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #34; "Trail of the Airborne Ransom"; "Sinister Heritage" art by Bill Walton; and "Rex Lewis, Escape Artist". "A Cutting Clue, A True Crime Story" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $30.00 View scan Staple rust with migration.

In order of appearance: "Customer for a Coffin"; "Sudden Death's Dividends"; and "The Holiday Mob" and "Reward for a Cheat" reprinted with CCA alterations in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #45. "Better Schools Make Better Communities" art by Jerry Fasano. "All Roads Blocked" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.50 View scan 1.5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage. Residue.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $16.00 View scan 1 1/2" spine split from the bottom. Cover loose at both staples.

All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #35. In order of appearance: "The Gang of a Thousand Faces"; "Kingpin of the Hot Hot-Rods"; "Bean-Ball Boomerang"; and "Blue Blood Runs Red". "Killer's Trademark" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $25.00 View scans 1/2" cumulative spine split. Abrasion on back cover. Water spotting. Staple rust.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $25.00 View scan Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

"Tiger Shark of the Fish Empire," "Knox County: Bork's Pet Peeve," "Only Suckers Take Chances," and "Headline-Hunting Hoodlum." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $100.00 View scans Water spotting. Staple rust.

"The Million-Dollar Beggar," "Wimpy Bremmer's Epitaph in Bullets," "Triggerman for a Blonde," and "Big-House Bait." Two page text story, "The Clue." The Overstreet Price Guide mistakenly attributes the drug story "Dealers in White Death" to this issue. That story is actually in issue #12 of this series and is not featured here. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $40.00 View scan Spine roll, chew.

"Crime Gusher," "The Number King's Crimson Payoff," "300-Grand Triple Cross," and "Joe Jenkin's Golden Sepulcher." Cover price $0.10.

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"When the Showdown Came," "King on a Junk Pile," "Dirty Money," and "Boomerang Bobby-Trap." Two page text story, "Killer's Impersonation." Cover price $0.10.

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"Death Flips a Wheel," "The Vanishing Bandits," "The Singing Rat," and "Terror Twins." Two page text story, "Cash and Carry." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $90.00 View scan

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.