Crime Does Not Pay #125

Crime Does Not Pay #125 brings the Lev Gleason anthology's hard-boiled promise front and center with a cover by Charles Biro that crackles with roadside chaos. A red convertible packed with desperate men tears down a highway while a P.D. squad car closes in alongside them, word balloons flying as the crooks debate hurling their passengers to shake the pursuit. Framing the scene is a portrait inset of the featured subject, labeled "Massacre-Mad Murderer Frank Nash," promising that this August 1953 issue's story of Frank Nash will live up to the title's long-running guarantee — crime does not pay.