Crime Does Not Pay #106

A tense double-cross unfolds right on the cover of this January 1952 entry in Lev Gleason's celebrated crime anthology series. Charles Biro's cover art captures a chilling moment: a suited man at a desk appears to offer reconciliation — "I'm willing to let bygones be bygones, but can I trust you to bury the hatchet?" — while outside the window, unseen by him, a car full of conspirators spots their target and hisses "Give it to him!" The story promised inside, "The Last Stand of Walther 'The Profile' Taylor," suggests the trap is already sprung — and Crime Does Not Pay delivers that signature blend of street-level menace and moral reckoning it did so well throughout this era.