Lev Gleason Publications · Crime Does Not Pay #47 · 1945 · 68 pages
Grade: VG- 3.5
Cover by Charles Biro.
A full 68-page anthology devoted to crime narratives — the meat of Lev Gleason's postwar output. Prison cells, interrogation rooms, mob violence, and the collateral wreckage: the standard toolkit of Golden Age crime comics. Biro's cover sets the mood with a prison interrogation scene, the kind of noir-inflected setup that sold the genre to newsstand readers hunting for something harder-edged than superhero fare.
Crime Does Not Pay ran from 1942 to 1955 and became one of the foundational crime titles — a direct ancestor to the EC crime books and the postwar trend that eventually drew congressional fire. Issue #47 lands in 1945, mid-run, when the formula was locked and the readership was there.
Condition VG- 3.5 — A classic reader. Some handling wear and stress, but the colors still pop and the structure is solid.. Noting: Full 68-page issue. Cover features prison interrogation scene. Charles Biro credited as artist on cover..
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Lev Gleason Publications · Crime Does Not Pay #47 · 1945 · 68 pages
Grade: VG- 3.5
Cover by Charles Biro.
A full 68-page anthology devoted to crime narratives — the meat of Lev Gleason's postwar output. Prison cells, interrogation rooms, mob violence, and the collateral wreckage: the standard toolkit of Golden Age crime comics. Biro's cover sets the mood with a prison interrogation scene, the kind of noir-inflected setup that sold the genre to newsstand readers hunting for something harder-edged than superhero fare.
Crime Does Not Pay ran from 1942 to 1955 and became one of the foundational crime titles — a direct ancestor to the EC crime books and the postwar trend that eventually drew congressional fire. Issue #47 lands in 1945, mid-run, when the formula was locked and the readership was there.
Condition VG- 3.5 — A classic reader. Some handling wear and stress, but the colors still pop and the structure is solid.. Noting: Full 68-page issue. Cover features prison interrogation scene. Charles Biro credited as artist on cover..
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.
