Crime Does Not Pay #146

Charles Biro's cover for this June 1955 issue pulls you right into the action — two officers subdue a suspect in a gritty alley while inset panels tease the tense telephone standoff at the heart of "The Con and the Canary!" Published by Lev Gleason and produced by Charles Biro, Crime Does Not Pay #146 promises five complete stories drawn from real case files, all spotlighting police in courageous action against dangerous criminals. At a dime a copy, it's a compact, punchy package of street-level drama that captures the hard-boiled spirit of mid-1950s crime comics at their most earnest.