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CRIME DOES NOT PAY (comic) CRIME DOES NOT PAY (comic) comic book OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6s0201 CRIME DOES NOT PAY #120 comic book March 1953 great cover art by Charles Biro, Lev Gleason! Date Sold 6/9/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Comic Book (measures approximately 7 1/8" x 10 1/4" [18 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: Note that we have never before auctioned this comic book! Contents: Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Dick Rockwell, 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. The history of the Brady Gang that terrorized Maine, and their bloody finish. The Whyos Gang terrorizes 1880s New York with murder-for hire schemes, in a story featuring some whimsical art. A hood on the lam is marked for death after he threatens to report on his old mob. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Brady Gang; Cut Rate Murder; Swindler's Paradise; Strange Criminals; Crime Oddities; The Assassination of Big Angie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. 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". 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. Note that we have pictured both covers and some interior page of this comic, which means that you can hopefully see most defects the comic has, AND get a good sense of its condition. While we gave the comic an overall condition grade (and sometimes describe the defects in words) please rely on the actual images of the comic we provide here to help you decide what YOU think its condition is, and then bid or not bid based on what you are seeing in the images. And if you have ANY doubt as to what the condition of the comic is, or whether you want it in the condition it is is, then please do not bid, as we do not want any retracted bids or returns if at all possible. If in doubt, do not bid!. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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