Crime and Punishment #70

Lev Gleason's long-running true-crime anthology reaches issue #70 with a cover by Mort Leav that crackles with mid-1950s tension: two armed robbers make off with money bags from an Armored Car Corp vehicle while a third thug and a police car screech onto the scene in the background. The series' familiar tagline — "See Why Crime Never Pays" — hangs over it all, promising that the criminals mid-heist on this cover won't be celebrating for long. Inside, writer Bill Woolfolk and artist Bill Walton bring "Crime Town" to life, keeping the tradition of true criminal case histories as gripping as ever.