Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) comic books 1955

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Tony Di Preta, Al Wenzel, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A gang war turns a town into a war zone. An extra-polite bank robber bears a strange resemblance to future extra-polite aircraft hijacker D.B. Cooper. Criminal mastermind Cecil has an alligator pit for those who defy him, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Anybody's Oyster; The Case of the Broken Bones; The Case of the Polite Bank Robber; The Judges' Dilemmas; The Violent Saga of the Ambitious Hank Dorish; Loony Line-Up; The Poison Peddler; Easy Money. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Howard O'Donnell, Al Wenzel, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. 'Truck' Browne carries out a series of modern-day train robberies. Tubercular criminal Duke Murry uses his grim diagnosis to get paroled and back into the game of crime. Dr. Aldiers has a reason for tending to his ailing, wealthy father-in-law, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. The Vengeful Big 'Truck' Browne; 3 Alarm Homicide; Duke Murry's Bust Out Bust; Curiosities in Law and Crime; Fast Cure for Dr. Aldiers; Nickel Fare to Doom; Who Dunnit? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Howard O'Donnell, Tony Di Preta, John Belfi, Al Wenzel, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Police launch a nationwide manhunt when killer Carl Veech escapes from prison. NYPD detectives seek the truth behind a local bartender's murder. Murderous thug Johnny Druchak gets what's coming to him, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Joe Kubert's first cover for Crime Does Not Pay is also the first issue to feature the Comics Code seal. Proceed with Extreme Caution!; Squealer's Showdown; You Can't Win!; The Mystery of Two Strangers; The Crimson Trail of Johnny Druchak!; For All to See; Lev Gleason's Western Lore. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by C. H. Moore, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Deputy Ed Kappa executes a daring car chase to catch Fat Face Klizerz' mob. Bill Cady, Joe Dancer and Chuck Stone come to be known as the Saturday Night Gang. Manny Langy fakes a hospital stay to create a murder alibi, in a story featuring the "sanitized" violence of the post-Code Crime Does Not Pay - all murders conveniently occurring off-panel. The Fall of the Saturday Night Gang; Gus Emory's Last Threat; I Helped Capture Fat Face Klinerz!; Light Side of the Law; Troubleshooter's Trouble; Paying for Trouble; On the Level; Science vs. the Criminal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vincent Alascia, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Banner has turned to crime, but his step-brother Frank selflessly offers to sacrifice himself to protect him. Freddie Palace agrees to be a getaway driver, and the next thing he knows, he's killed somebody. Small-town police use forensic evidence to catch a killer. Unheeded Warning!; Two-Headed Alibi; Cornered!; Judging by the Laff!; The Case of the Drifting Barge; Double-Barreled Menace; Lev Gleason's Quiz Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Al Wenzel, Dick Giordano, Vincent Alascia, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Bart Kiley swears revenge against the rookie cop who sent him to prison. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed a man at a seaside resort. The cops close in on Big Willie Rosse, but he's not going down easy. The Con and the Canary!; The Devil Is Patient; The Clue on the Beach; Hep Heaps; The Bitter Career of the Candy Man; The Big Mop-Up; Lev Gleason's Quiz Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Bob Powell, Tony Di Preta, Pete Morisi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A lost shoe on the highway leads police to a murder, and other clues provide the killer, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. The lingering scent of perfume gives away the killer of a garage mechanic. The town bookie murders the town clerk, apparently, but detectives feel something doesn't add up. Hitchhike to Doom; A Million Is Too Much; The Clue of the Perfumed Bandit!; Oddly Enough; In Deep; Mighty Rookie; Lev Gleason's Quiz Time. Final issue of the series, after 13 years and at least three different content "codes." 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.