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Issue: Crime and Punishment #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1948
 
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Indicia Publisher: Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Disclose Notes: Indicia frequency lacking but next issue (#4) was July 1948, so was on a monthly schedule
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color interiors; full color covers
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Charles Biro (signed)
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crime
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FlagCrime and Punishment #3 published June 1948
 
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You're a Smo-o-oth Number...

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Emil (the Terrible) Reck

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Bob Fujitani (signed)
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crime
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A Message from - Bob Wood Lev Gleason, Charles Biro

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List of 12 rules for writers and artists working for Lev Gleason about what is and is not permissible to put in the stories; accompanied by a photo of Wood, Gleason & Biro
Big-Shot Gangsters

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Joe Bologna

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Mike Roy [as Roy + Belfi] (signed)
John Belfi [as Roy + Belfi] (signed)
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crime
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Lesley Ketchell

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Leonard Starr [as Starr] (signed)
Leonard Starr [as Starr] (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Lesley Ketchell (turns to crime); Tom Duffy (policeman); George O'Reilly (policeman); Murtaugh (villain, gambler)
The story is told of one Lesley Ketchell, once a resident of Gary, Indiana, who believed the world was trying to make a sucker out him because he had to work hard for a living. So, he decided to double-cross the world by making easy money by gambling. Unfortunately, his excessive drinking began to ruin his life, specifically his marriage and his job, and he eventually landed in jail because he couldn't pay off his gambling debts.
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Originally credited to Stapp, a name from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. This story is the only place Stapp is found, and he is credited to Crime & Punishment 1948 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but nothing else is known about him. He is most probably just a miscredited name from this single story.
The signature is in hand written letters and must be Starr, as the two P's are two small r's, which gives the name Starr. The writing is identical to Leonard Starr's signed story "Mad Dog of Manhattan" in Crime & Punishment #10. Starr signed his work with capital letters too, but not here. The artwork has many similarities with early Starr work like "Vampire Prowl" in AITU #3, on some grinning faces and folds in clothings.
Art credits verified by Leonard Starr in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012).
Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook

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They Muffed Their Murder

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George Tuska
George Tuska
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crime
The round jaws and ears are Tuska's work.
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Text story with 6 spot illustrations
Frank Budnik and John Baker

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Tony DiPreta (signed)
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crime
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Running Hot Water - in a Jiffy!

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Advertisement for electric hot water heater from Kem Sales Company
Bertha Gifford Killer of 19 People!

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Joe Certa (signed)
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Astonishing Value

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Order Direct by Mail from Broadway Fashions

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Bad Skin?

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