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Issue: Crime Does Not Pay Archives #4
Publication Date: January 2013
 
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 03/13/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781616551193
UPC/EAN: 978161655119354999
Price: $54.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
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Content Items: 62 (31 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Philip R. Simon
Disclose Notes: Reprints entire contents of Crime Not Does Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #34-37, including covers and most advertisements.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7.0" x 10.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover; Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Editions
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Charles Biro
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crime
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Foreword

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David Lapham
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Charles Biro (signed)
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crime
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Still Leading the Parade!

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Promo for Daredevil (Lev Gleason, 1941 series), and Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) plus plea to collect waste paper to "Beat the Axis".
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Career of Walter Cahill and the Suède Glove Bandits

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Rudy Palais
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crime
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27 Years of Murder!

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Dick Wood
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crime
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The Grave Gamble

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crime
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The Jimmy Durante Murder Case

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Dick Briefer
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crime
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House ad for next issue of Crime Does Not Pay.
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Terror on the Tracks

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Dick Wood
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The Man in Wolf's Clothing

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Dick Wood
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Four Steps to Doom

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Robert Q. Sale [as Bob Q. Siegel]
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Tough Guy of Alcatraz

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Irving
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crime
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Dick Briefer
Dick Briefer
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crime
Who Dunnit?
Near Hollywood, there is a cozy little home...
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New Strange Glamour for Your Hair, Dress or Coat

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Candy Makes Delicious Cookies...

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Charles Biro (signed)
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crime
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Help Beat the Axis by Collecting Waste Paper

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Bob Q. Siege (signed)
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One Man Crime Wave

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Dick Wood (signed)
Rudy Palais (signed)
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crime
Mr. Crime
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Pranzini of Paree

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Dick Wood (signed)
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crime
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The Case of the Missing Toe

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Dick Wood (signed)
Robert Sale [as Bob Q. Siege (signed)]
Robert Sale [as Bob Q. Siege (signed)]
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crime
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The Case of the Jersey Kid

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Dick Wood (signed)
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crime
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The Man Who Built His Own Doom

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Mystery Killing in the North Country

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Dick Hall [as R. W. Hall]
Dick Hall [as R. W. Hall]
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How Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante Solved the Whodunnit

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Dick Briefer (signed)
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humorous
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Free 150 Power Microscope

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Free! With This Amazing Offer. Red and White Wig Wag ...

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Charles Biro (signed)
Charles Biro (signed)
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crime
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Don't Miss the Year's Biggest Surprise!

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Advertising Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series), and Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series).
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Give to the National War Fund!

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I'm sorry I invented the pocket!
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Kill Crazy Kiest

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Dick Wood
Rudy Palais
Rudy Palais
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crime
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Landru the Terrible

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Dick Wood
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Robert Sale [as Bob Q. Siege (credited)]
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crime
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Twin Idols of Evil

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Dick Briefer
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Phantom in the Fire

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Art Gates
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crime
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The Meanest Murder

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Dick Wood
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Mr. Crime Finds Mike Casalino

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Dick Wood
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crime
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The Case of the White-Eyed Butcher

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Dick Wood
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Dick Briefer?
Dick Briefer
Dick Briefer
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Dick Briefer
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crime
Who Dunnit?
See if you can find the murderer
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Get Tiger Power Now. It's Easy!

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They Used to Giggle, Laugh and Smirk ...

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Free 150 Power Microscope

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Now! You Can Own a Genuine Professional Type Reflex Camera ...

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Advertisement for Illinois Camera Company.
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Charles Biro (signed)
Charles Biro (signed)
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crime
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Fight Waste Stamps

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10 Years of Terror Vincent Piazzero

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Mr. Crime
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Connoisseur of Crime

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Dick Wood (Adaptation)
Robert Sale [as Bob Q. Siege (credited)]
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Case of the Confident Killer

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C. L. Hartman [as Art Mann]
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The Old Man of Crime

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Dick Wood (signed)
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Profit in Corpses

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Rudy Palais (signed)
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The Would Be Perfect Crime

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Dick Wood (signed)
R. W. Hall (signed)
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crime
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The Singing Slayer

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Alan Mandel (signed)
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Who Dunnit?

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Dick Briefer (signed)
Dick Briefer (signed)
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Be a Radio Technician

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... and She's Got Cookies Made with Baby Ruth Candy

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Silver Streak Archives

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Dark Horse Archives

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Edvard Moritz
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The first ongoing horror comics anthology ...
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Gangsters, kidnappers, maniacal killers ...
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Advertisement for Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Dark Horse, 2011 Series).
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Uncut and uncensored ...
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Advertising Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 Series) #'s 1-4.
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All True Crime Stories!

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On dustjacket back cover.

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