Credits
Writer(s):
?
Penciller(s):
Louis Zansky
Inker(s):
Louis Zansky
Colorist(s):
?
Letterer(s):
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres:
crime
Character(s):
Rod Koster; Phil Dorgan; Sedlow (fence); Masters; Miss Alice Simmons (undercover police-women); Norma
Reprinting
From Content Item:
Crime Must Pay the Penalty #25 published April 1952
was Murder's Middleman [Story on Interior Page(s)]many changes for code approval
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
8
Notes:
Changes made to story for code approval (contributed by Gussi):
Page 1 - Splash Panel - "An Actual Case" removed, red dress changed to green, plus a few other color changes to the men's suits.
-Panel 1: dead/shot watchmen removed
-Panel 2: gunshot fire removed
Page 2 - Panel 1: dead guard removed
-Panel 2: text change removed "killings" replaced with "trouble"
-Panel 3: text change from "you killed two men" to "two men were shot"
-Panel 5: text change from "or you'll die to "or else!!!"
-Panel 7: text removed "We scared him to death!" / "the pig! he crossed us up!"
Page 3 - Panel 1: text change from "murder rap" to "the big rap"
Page 4 - Panel 1: text change from "eminent" to "Arch" and "Murder" to "Hijacking", "That's an honor, Dorgan-- to be good in your chosen profession!" removed
Page 5 - Panel 3: the hand shooting and the person shot removed and replaced by a dollar sign
-Panel 5: text removed "dead"
Page 6 - Panel 1: text "That evening, at an uptown nite spot..." changed to "That evening.", "stop killing people" changed to "stop this violence"
Page 7 - Panel 2: text "So they're linking me to the mob!" changed to "I'll show her I'm not what she thinks"
-Panel 3: text "It'll be a toss-up who gets me first, the chair or Koster! this is the only way to break clean!" changed to "I never should have got mixed up with them! now if I make a clear breast to the police..."
-Panel 6: text changed from "It's the only way I could back out alive!" to "It was the best thing I ever did!"
Page 8 - Panel 1: text change from "risking your neck with holdups is bad enough. But when you start murdering, it's the finish!" to "and I'm glad we're quits! you've been riding for a fall!"
-Panel 2: text "die" removed from Koster
-Panel 3: Norma's gun and text removed
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