Lev Gleason Publications · Crime and Punishment #56 · November 1953 · 10¢ · 36 pages
Grade: Good- (GD- 1.8)
Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, as credited on cover.
“Have You Met Louie the Punk?” leads this issue with the tagline “Kill Em and Leave Em Was His Motto!” — the kind of blunt, no-apology crime storytelling that made Lev Gleason's line a target for Wertham and the Senate subcommittee alike. Specific interior story credits and additional story titles for this issue are not confirmed in available records.
This issue carries the Comics Code Authority seal — one of the earliest compliant issues in the Crime and Punishment run, which had been one of the flagship crime titles since 1942. By late 1953, Lev Gleason was navigating the new Code landscape while Biro and Wood still held editorial control. The run would wind down within a few years; this is the tail end of the Golden Age street-crime era, with the machinery of censorship already in place.
Condition Good- (GD- 1.8) — Heavily worn. Possible small chunks missing, heavy creasing, soiling. Below average copy. Complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
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Lev Gleason Publications · Crime and Punishment #56 · November 1953 · 10¢ · 36 pages
Grade: Good- (GD- 1.8)
Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, as credited on cover.
“Have You Met Louie the Punk?” leads this issue with the tagline “Kill Em and Leave Em Was His Motto!” — the kind of blunt, no-apology crime storytelling that made Lev Gleason's line a target for Wertham and the Senate subcommittee alike. Specific interior story credits and additional story titles for this issue are not confirmed in available records.
This issue carries the Comics Code Authority seal — one of the earliest compliant issues in the Crime and Punishment run, which had been one of the flagship crime titles since 1942. By late 1953, Lev Gleason was navigating the new Code landscape while Biro and Wood still held editorial control. The run would wind down within a few years; this is the tail end of the Golden Age street-crime era, with the machinery of censorship already in place.
Condition Good- (GD- 1.8) — Heavily worn. Possible small chunks missing, heavy creasing, soiling. Below average copy. Complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
