Crime Does Not Pay Archives HC (2012 Dark Horse) comic books 2012
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Mar 2012 by Dark Horse.$75.00
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #22-25. Uncut and uncensored, the infamous precode Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Fredric Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority. Now revered and mythic, this collection of the first four hard-to-find Crime Does Not Pay comics features a fine roster of Golden Age creators and a new introduction by Matt Fraction (Iron Man, Casanova)! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
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Issue #2-1ST
Published Jul 2012 by Dark Horse.$34.95
$28.00
$17.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #26-29. Uncut and uncensored, the infamous precode Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Fredric Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority. Now revered and mythic, this collection of the first four hard-to-find Crime Does Not Pay comics features a fine roster of Golden Age creators and a new introduction by Matt Fraction (Iron Man, Casanova)! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
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Issue #3-1ST
Published Nov 2012 by Dark Horse.$34.95
Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955) #30-33. One of the bestselling comics of the 1940s, Crime Does Not Pay focused on violent mobsters and murderous lowlifes who machine-gunned their way through the urban underworld . . . until justice landed them in the chair! In 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency targeted this comic series for its graphic violence, eventually leading to the creation of the repressive Comics Code Authority. Issues #30 to #33 of Crime Does Not Pay are finally collected in this deluxe hardcover, which includes "Million Dollar Robbery"-perhaps the first story in US comics history drawn by an African-American artist-and featuring a new introduction by comic-book giant Howard Chaykin (Marked Man, American Flagg! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.
