Crime Does Not Pay #42
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe main story follows two con men, Atkin and Dunther, who scheme to swindle a dam construction project by posing as engineers and stealing funds meant for irrigation work. Their elaborate masquerade involves infiltrating official circles and gaining the governor's confidence, but their criminal plans ultimately unravel. A secondary tale involves a woman discovering that her husband has been murdered, with a skeleton appearing as a supernatural omen of death, forcing her to confront the truth about his demise and a cover-up plot involving stolen dam funds.
A festive Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans turns deadly when a costumed figure plummets from a balcony—but the victim's true identity and the killer's motive lie buried beneath layers of masquerade and corporate greed. As suspicion falls on those closest to the dam project at the heart of the evening's gathering, one man must unravel the riddle of jealousy and murder before the real culprit escapes into the carnival crowd. Can you solve the mystery before the final reveal?
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Reprinted in The Golden Age of Comic Books #[nn] (1977), Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer #[nn] (2011), Crime Does Not Pay Archives #6 (2013), Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series #[nn] (2022)
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