Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) comic books 1955 or before

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $12.50

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Charles Nicholas, John Belfi 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. Florist Dion O'Banion lives and dies in the fashion of a Chicago gangster. 1800s murderer William Palmer poisoned friends and family for profit, becoming one of Victorian England's most notorious murderers. In the Old West, Hutch Ryerson has a habit of murdering his wives, but is undone when one of the corpses turns up in a box at an auction. Gimpy O'Banion the Mobster; On the Level; William Palmer; This'll Kill Ya!; Beano Breen the South Side Strong Boy; Hollywood Death Trap; Laugh These Off!; Hutch Ryerson and the Body in the Box. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $23.00

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.60

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Robert Perry, C.H. 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. Tip Dorrow uses his fleet of taxis to transport liquor all over the city during Prohibition. Rookie cop Ben Seldon corners two desperate characters, and earns his uniform. Prohibition hood Joe "Dizzy" Baker draws the ire of fellow felons by hijacking bootlegger shipments. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Captain Felix Lynch and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." Also featuring a vintage PSA to parents, warning of polio dangers. Tip Dorrow (Taxi Racketeer); On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: F.B.I.; Captain Roger Hanley; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Message to Parents: If Polio Hits Your Area This Year...; Rookie Ben Seldon; Joe "Dizzy" Baker; Gambling: The Odds Are Against You. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Joseph Gagliardi 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. Sam Denta turns the fixed-fight game into his own personal income-generator, until the fighter called The Ape meets a terrible fate. Savvy seamen sink smugglers' schemes after a shoreside sortie. A police lieutenant doggedly pursues two cop killers, but their fellow crooks may do them in first. Sam Denta, King Of The Fix!; The Case Of The Overboard Gems!; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: Book Worms!; Mobsters - C.O.D.!; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laff These Off!; Death Without Warning!! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $9.40

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller 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. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $21.00

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta, E. J. Smalle, Joseph Gagliardi 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. Deranged killer Paul Pollitt slowly loses his grip on reality, but he hasn't forgotten how to kill. A killer thinks he can always elude the cops as long as he has his lucky cat-shaped charm, but what happens when he loses it? A condemned killer gets to plead for his life before the governor, so he reveals his sad life story. Madman Paul Pollitt, Was He Really Crazy?; The Case of the Superstitious Robber; On the Level; Death Was In the Corner; Our Police Hall of Fame; While the Chair Waited. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $20.50

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Allen Bellman 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. Three enterprising crooks figure out a way to print their own money - literally. An aspiring opera star gets a job singing with a carnival, but her jealous rival decides to frame her for murder. A wisecracking, hard-fighting cop takes on a whole den of thieves, spouting lines like "There's a kisserful of motorcycle for you, stupid!" Three Men on a Fin; The Diary of Sheriff Russell; On the Level; 3 Killers vs. 1 Cop!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Northwest Payoff: The Case of the Snowbound Rats; This'll Kill Ya! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.90

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Mike Esposito, 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. Narcotics agent Ted Grew is captured by the gang of Cat Lechens, an Egyptian drug smuggler with a pet panther. A high-wire accident may have actually been murder, in the third issue in a row featuring a circus or carnival story, with early art by Mike Esposito. A detective dares the reader to figure out which of three heirs committed a murder, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Horror Honey; Murder For Publicity!; It's the Law!; The Case of the Expectant Heirs; Our Police Hall of Fame; Northwest Payoff: The Small Change Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.00 View scan

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carl Wessler, 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. Wrongly imprisoned Johnny wants to join a prison break, but the other convicts don't think he should risk it. A nearsighted crook ends up in a crime version of that old Twilight Zone episode after he breaks his glasses, in a story hosted by Mr. Crime. A detective dares the reader to figure out which of four identically-dressed golf buddies murdered a man on a fairway, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Don't Let Johnny Go!; How They Were Trapped; Hotel Hood; On the Level; Blind As a Bat; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya!; Death On the Fairway. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $29.00

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.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $7.49

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Carl Wessler, 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 cop investigates a work foreman who takes kickbacks from workers, dubbed a "vampire" in the parlance of the time. Robbers try to fool police by wearing identical masked outfits, a look that resembles The Spirit. A gangster thinks a TV crime show is too similar to his own life, so he decides to confront the creator on live TV, in front of millions of witnesses. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. The Vicious Vampire Racket; The Deadly Quartet; The Ten Percenter; Ten Million Witnesses; This'll Kill Ya!; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth; King of the Laundry Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.00

Stories and art by Fred Kida, Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler, 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 showgirl's habit of keeping bad company leads her into a trap set by a murderer. Blackmailing photographer Nola Latour uses infrared film to capture indiscretions, but one of her subjects is powerful enough to squeeze back. The Trombolli brothers try to rob a mail train, but the job dissolves into bloodshed and chaos. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Big Temptation; The Squeeze; The Marriage That Meant Murder; Brother Rats; Riddle of the Red Snow? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.