Crime Does Not Pay #112

From the rooftop edge of a 1952 city skyline, a coldly menacing man in a blue suit holds another figure dangling at the end of a wire, sneering the chilling words, "Are you or aren't you comin' back, Grumpy? You see, it doesn't make any difference! You're gonna die either way!" — a cover image that captures exactly why Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most gripping anthology titles of its era. Publisher Lev Gleason and editors Charles Biro and Bob Wood kept the "All True Crime Illustories" banner honest with stories like "The Tragic Tale of 'Sap' Doretti," written by Robert Bernstein with art and inks by Sid Greene. At just a dime, issue #112 delivers the gritty, street-level tension this series did so well.