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Cover: Charles Biro
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Crime Does Not Pay #48

Nov 1946 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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The case of Jean Kerwin, an unofficial disappearance in Paris that baffles French police, forms the central story as detectives search for clues to solve the mystery. As the investigation unfolds in rapid succession around Paris, a dangerous criminal is revealed to be responsible for multiple murders throughout the city, forcing the police department into a frantic manhunt. The perpetrator is eventually apprehended following the violent crimes that shocked the French capital.

Contains 5 stories
The Greedy Gunman
12 pp · Crime
Mr. CrimeFrankie YaleJohnny TorrioJim ColesimoDion O'BanionMikeSam

Frankie Yale dreams of fortune and guns, but his path to wealth leads him straight into the violent underworld of organized crime. When Johnny Torrio spots his nerve, he offers the ambitious young man a job in Chicago—a move that entangles Frankie in a brutal turf war where loyalty is deadly and greed demands an ever-rising price. As Mr. Crime watches from the shadows, Frankie learns that the real cost of ambition may be far steeper than he bargained for.

Plague of Paris
7.67 pp · Crime
Le MoigneDumontAuntieJean KerwinJacquesRoblay
Untitled Crime story
6 pp · Crime
Butt Riley King of the Hoodlums
9 pp · Crime
Mutiny on the Rock
10 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Joe CretzerBernard CoyMarvin Hubbard

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $80
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,281*
CGC 9.0 · 4 in census $889*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $620*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $487*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $321
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CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $272*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $236*
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $192
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $188*
CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $161
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $140*
CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $112
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $110*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Barry
cover pencils, inks Charles Biro

Reprints

Reprinted in Crime and Punishment #2 (1948), The Comics Journal #280 (2007), The Comics Journal #282 (2007), Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer #[nn] (2011), Crime Does Not Pay Archives #7 (2014)

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