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Cover: Charles Biro
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Crime Does Not Pay #55

Sep 1947 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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# Crime Does Not Pay #55 The issue contains multiple crime stories. One story involves the Lepke gang in Brooklyn, where members conspire to turn state's evidence against their leader; a character named Bernie becomes entangled with the gang's operations and faces threats. Another narrative follows a murder investigation where a man is found stabbed with a door nail at a restaurant, leading Inspector Gandy to interrogate suspects including a woman involved with stolen diamonds and a character named Jethro Geebon. A third story depicts criminals executing a car-theft scheme in Bozeman, with plans to steal vehicles and plant one in front of a bank to frame authorities, while a mother and son await parole. The stories culminate in the criminals' apprehension and the enforcement of justice.

Contains 7 stories
Leo Lepke Buchalter
13 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime (host)Leo [sic] "Lepke" Buchalter
Gerald Chapman "Cop Killer"
7 pp · Crime

Gerald Chapman pulled off the biggest mail robbery in U.S. history in 1921, netting two million dollars—but his arrogance and ruthlessness quickly caught up with him. After a betrayal lands him in Atlanta penitentiary, Chapman engineers a daring escape and becomes the nation's most hunted fugitive, leaving a trail of violence in his wake. This true crime tale shows how Chapman's confidence that crime would pay ultimately led him nowhere but deeper into a life of desperation and bloodshed.

Untitled Crime story
7.67 pp · Crime
Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.33 pp · Non-Fiction
'Shoe-Box' Annie
8.67 pp · Crime
3 gags
0.33 pp · Humor
Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.5 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $98
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $1,266*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $884*
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $693*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $336*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $282*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $229*
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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Barry
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 #9 (2015)

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