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CRIME DOES NOT PAY (comic) CRIME DOES NOT PAY (comic) comic book OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5t0209 CRIME DOES NOT PAY #108 comic book March 1952 great cover art by Charles Biro, pre-code! Date Sold 1/16/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Comic Book (measures 6 3/4" x 10 1/4" [17 x 26 cm]) (Learn More) Crime Does Not Pay is a crime thriller comic book series published between 1942 and 1955 by Lev Gleason Publications. The series recounted the deeds of gangsters such as Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly, often in ultra gory detail, and was the first non-humor comic to rival superhero comics in sales, and by the early 1950s, publisher Lev Gleason turned his few comic books into a publishing empire! There are those who think that a major factor in the creation of the Comics Code was specifically to put Lev Gleason and Bill Gaines (publisher of EC Comics) out of business, and if so, they succeeded! Note that the numbering continues from Silver Streak Comics (to save money on postal regulations), so the very first issue is #22. Artist: Charles Biro Important Added Info: Contents: Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, Claude Moore 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. During Prohibition, a con man decides to use his mob to hijack a bootlegger's shipment of booze. Small-time hoods try to convince a just-released safecracker to come out of retirement for one last job. Detective Geoffrey learns that a custom clothing tag holds the clue to a book dealer's suicide. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Double-Cross That Boomeranged; Jim Franton, Bootlegger versus Bud Rollins, Con-Man; The Junkies; One Thrill Too Many; On the Level; The Case of the Custom-Made Clothes. Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". We provide images of the comic book covers, plus 2 interior 2-page spreads, which should allow you to get a sense of the condition of this comic book. This is one of an excellent collection of 138 vintage comic books we were consigned, which we are auctioning in 138 separate auctions. NONE of these comics have any restoration (unless noted in our condition description) and all of them came from a small group of collectors who purchased them mostly when they were first published, and none have been "slabbed" or "graded"! And EVERY one of these 138 comics (including some really excellent ones) start at $1 with truly no reserve. This is the kind of buying opportunity every comic book collector dreams of, and when these auctions close on January 16, every one of these comics will have a new owner! Condition: fair to good. Note that this comic book will be sent to the winning bidder in a brand new Mylite2 protective sleeve and a half-back 100% acid-free backing board. Learn More about condition grades 
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