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    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) #59 GD+ 2.5
    Published Jan 1948 by Lev Gleason.
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    $32.00
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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, 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. Ineligible for the WWII draft because he's an ex-con, Vic decides to wage a one-man war on his own behalf. The story of Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, the gangster once given the title of "Public Enemy #1" by the FBI. The Whyo Gang terrorizes New York in the 1880s with their murder-for-hire ring and raids on gambling houses. Vic Everhart, the Kill-Crazy Scoundrel; Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy No. 1; Cut Rate Murder; This'll Kill You; Highway to Murder; Financier of Death; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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