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Issue: Crime Does Not Pay #77 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #77 of 126 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: Lev Gleason PublicationsView Brand Images
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: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color interiors; full color covers
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: Well, I'll be...how did you ever do it, Pop? Are they dead?
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Does Not Pay #77 published August 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mac Royce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mr. Crime; Mac Royce; Chuck; Pete Davin; Joey Raffe; Bill Spond; Dink; Dave Tender; Tippy; Johnny; Lt. Channing; Howie; Ted; Bob; Mr. Taylor; Charlie; Eddie; Morgan; Jimmy
Synopsis: The story of Mac Royce, who ran a mob of bootleggers from his grocery store.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Photography

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Science vs. the Criminal
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the use of photography in fighting crime, presented in a format similar to "Ripley's Believe it or Not."
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"Spots" Norton and the Brand Brothers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Pop Harvey; Andy Brand; Tom Brand; Sheriff Marty Shaw; Doc White; Ned; Mike; Spots Norton; Frank; Ruth Shaw; Vera; Mr. Norton; Sheriff Prentiss
Synopsis: After their accomplice is killed, two young aspiring criminals are outsmarted by an elderly watchman.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): On the Level
First Line: Al Randel of New Jersey put the finishing touches on a no parking sign
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Crime-related, strange-but-true facts.
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Police Detection Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Police-related multiple-choice quiz.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Who-Dunnit
Character(s): Butch Devore; Thomas Litch; Helen Karpe; Nix Edwards; "Tops" Hurder; Cynthia Morgan; Mr. Morgan; Eddie Zisk; Nick; Miss Day; Rocco
First Line: Every criminal has imagined he has committed the perfect crime
Synopsis: A murder at a coal mine, with four suspects, for the reader to attempt to solve.
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Pages: 8
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Tannou Touva

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamp Page
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Information about the country of Tannou Touva and its stamps.
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Chief Anthony E. Heimers, Lynbrook, Long Island, N. Y.

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Our Police Hall of Fame
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biography of Chief Anthony E. Heimers.
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Sheriff Ted Benton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Ted Benton; Lou Rogers; Ace Grell; Lt. Ken Short; Patsy; Al; Pete; Maxwell; Les Santon
Synopsis: A small-town sheriff captures two hoodlums on the run from the big city.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): What's On Your Mind
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mrs. N. Bone, Dixie Barnes, R.T., Louise Fairchild, Ruth Sengewalt, Diana M. Robinson, Jerry Lebowitz, and Vincent Ermeri.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Penciller(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Inker(s): Claude Moore [as C. H. Moore] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): On the Level
First Line: John Fitchel - age 60 - who had served 21 years in prison...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Crime-related, strange-but-true facts.

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