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Cover: Charles Biro
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Crime Does Not Pay #85

Mar 1950 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue contains three crime stories: "Police Teamwork and Three Blind Rats," which follows Chief Clarkin's investigation of a arsonist and gas thief through careful surveillance and detective work; "Confessions of a Racketeer's Widow," a dramatic story depicted in the comic pages showing a man's guilt and family turmoil after a crime; and "Who Dunnit?," a Leigh mystery puzzle for readers to solve. The issue also includes filler content such as stamp collecting articles and contests.

Contains 4 stories
Police Teamwork and 3 Blind Rats!
12 pp · Crime
Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.67 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Crime story
9 pp · Crime
The Ambitious Frank Hardy
8 pp · Crime

Frank Hardy's ambitions to control the notorious Bayfront gang put him on a collision course with police lieutenant Merino and the law, as he navigates raids, betrayals, and rivals within the criminal underworld. When Hardy's ruthlessness threatens to topple his own leadership, the stakes escalate in ways neither he nor the police fully anticipated. A gritty crime tale where one man's hunger for power becomes his most dangerous liability.

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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $343*
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Full credits

artist, inker Fred Kida
cover pencils, inks Charles Biro

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Reprinted in Crime Does Not Pay #1

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