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Issue: Crime Does Not Pay #63 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1948
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Issues: #63 of 126 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: Lev Gleason PublicationsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/02/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1948, page 32, registration number B124865.

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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
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Felix Sloper; Trixie
First Line: The four grand that Trixie's holdin' and the few bucks I got will get us to Mexico in fair style!
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In Content Item: FlagCrime Does Not Pay #63 published June 1948
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Pages: 1
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A Message from—

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Bob Wood (photo); Lev Gleason (photo); Charles Biro (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lists 12 rules for the Lev Gleason "code" of self-censorship.
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Felix Sloper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mr. Crime (host); Felix Sloper (first appearance; death); Mrs. Grogan; Hank; Mrs. Tumey; Mr. Tumey; Clancy; Pete; Mr. Brown; Sam; Hughes; Mamie; Gloria; Ben; Louie; Grace; Steve; Inez; Bill; Mr. Connors
Synopsis: Felix Sloper has a lifetime problem with women.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): On the Level
Character(s): Ruth McBride; Charles Little; Emanuel Clifton
First Line: Hold the phone!
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Pages: 1
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Wilbur Underhill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Wilbur Underhill (first appearance; death); Joe Kimes; Wilton; Dan Harmon; Sid; Charlie; Tom; Paige
Synopsis: Wilbur Underhill has an itchy trigger finger.
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Pages: 7
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: My friend's father is a deputy sheriff and we have seen some of the prisoners he brought to jail.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Richard McIntyre, L.P.D., Mrs. James Rogers, Thomas Heisey, and Nick J. Pathiakio.
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Paul Chretien, Father of Murderers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Paul Chretien (first appearance; death); Manpel; Madeleine Manpel Chretien; Jean; Jean Chretien; Pietro; Charles; Bernice Chretien; Pierre Chretien; Thomas Chretien; Jean Baptiste Chretien; Thomas Chretien Jr.; Martin Chretien; Martin Chretien Jr.; Raoul Chretien
Synopsis: Four generations of criminals carry on crimes in France.
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Pages: 6
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This Is Our Testimony!

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Disclose Notes: A reproduced letter from a criminal who wished he had read the book before he turned to crime.
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A Lesson in Murder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Emile Lamont; Jean Valadin; Gaston Fournier; Paul Giroux; Thomas Foley
Synopsis: Jean and Gaston make money by getting insurance on others and arranging 'accidents'.
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Pages: 3
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Benny Mickson

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Benny Mickson (first appearance; death); Mary Black Mickson (first appearance); Professor Mickson
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story is also told in TRUE CRIME #3 (Magazine Village, 1947 series) as "Meet the Split Benny Dickson!".
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Big-Shot Gangsters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thriller Books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Thriller Books (Big Shot Gangsters, Greatest Prison Breaks, Most Terrible Crimes, How Detectives Catch Crooks, and Mysteries of Magic).
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): On the Level
Character(s): William Williams; Red Mullins; Carl Warr; Matthew Spence
First Line: William Williams, Brox, N. Y., couldn't resist the chance of seeing a man on trial for a robbery he had committed!
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Who Dunnit?
Character(s): Alenoff; Paul Goulonov; Steffy Milanoff; Proboshoff; Rudov; Sonia Milanoff; Harry Janos; Sam
First Line: The Sofia Express gets a deadly highball!
Synopsis: Madame Milanoff is murdered on a train.
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Pages: 6
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Electronic Juke-Box Bank

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Shar-Lee Co.
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First Line: Talk-sing-play through your own radio with the super Roley home radio mike!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Seyco Mike Inc; occupies top 1/3 of page.
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Make Your Own Records

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Recordograph Corp. of America; occupies middle 1/3 of page.
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Amazing 16mm Movie Projector Bargain!

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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Mail Mart Inc.; occupies bottom 1/3 of page.
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America's Greatest Zipper Billfold Bargain!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Illinois Merchandise Mart.

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