Crime Does Not Pay #61
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Clay Fogelman Meanest Man of Crime" in Crime Does Not Pay #61 (1948) delivers a gritty, no-frills look at Johnny Lazia’s ruthless ascent from street-level menace to underworld kingpin, all rendered in stark, hard-edged art by Dan Barry. The story’s grim momentum builds through Lazia’s violent consolidation of power—until a final, brutal reckoning with the once-untouchable Baron Bentley. Cover by Charles Biro captures the tale’s grim intensity with a stark, shadowed portrait of the man whose name would become synonymous with fear.
In the gritty pages of Crime Does Not Pay #61, the real-life rise and fall of Johnny "Socks" Lazia unfolds—a tale of ambition, power, and violent retribution. From his early days as a streetwise troublemaker to his ruthless takeover of underworld rackets, Lazia’s path was paved with danger, until the final reckoning with the man he once overthrew.
ComicBooks.com Value
Show all 16 grades ▾
Find on ebay
Read it digitally
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸Full credits
Reprints
Reprinted in Crime Does Not Pay #61 (1948), Crime Does Not Pay, 1953, (Annual) #[nn] (1953), Tales of the Killers #11 (1971), Crime Comics #1 (2002), Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer #[nn] (2011), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 (2012), Crime Does Not Pay Archives #10 (2015), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #18 (2018)
Key issues in Crime Does Not Pay
Reviews
Reader reviews
No reader reviews yet.