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Cover: Charles Biro
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Crime Does Not Pay #26

Mar 1943 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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This issue contains multiple true crime stories, including one featuring Henri Deselles, a man who claims he cannot be killed and attempts to prove it by consuming poison in front of an inspector, only to be exposed as a fraud when the poison is revealed to be harmless. Another story involves an investigation into the Cross-Eyed Killer, a dangerous criminal whose identity must be determined by examining evidence and witness accounts. The collection also includes the story of the Dalton Boys and various other true crime narratives illustrating how criminal schemes ultimately fail and criminals face justice.

Contains 7 stories
The True Life Story of.... Charles "Lucky" Luciano
13 pp · Crime
The Elusive Corpse
6 pp · Crime
The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed
8 pp · Crime
The Mystery of the War Bond Drive
5 pp · Crime
Robert MartinAlbert ReraumTimothy BurnBob Abrams
Death Gives a Lesson
6 pp · Crime
The Case of the Cross-Eyed Killer
8 pp · Crime
The Dalton Boys
10 pp · Crime

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Raw (Good) $98
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $2,888*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,286*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $470*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $394*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $272*
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $233*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $202*
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Full credits

artist, inker Norman Maurer
cover pencils, inks Charles Biro

Reprints

Reprinted in Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer #[nn] (2011), Crime Does Not Pay Archives #2 (2012)

Key issues in Crime Does Not Pay

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