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Cover: Charles Biro
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Crime Does Not Pay #86

Apr 1950 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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Crime Does Not Pay #86 is an anthology featuring multiple crime stories. "Invitation to Murder" recounts the true case of old Miss Hunt's murder—though given less than a month to live by her doctor, she is murdered by two greedy brothers and their uncle who stand to inherit from her will, prompting detective Lester Wayne to outsmart the crafty criminals. The issue also includes stories titled "Foolish Johnny Wagner," "I Was a Crime Reporter," and "Who Dunnit?", along with a "Shoe Repair" feature and advertisements for a hair research formula.

Contains 5 stories
Foolish Johnny Wagner
11 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime

When a young man named Johnny Wagner finds a discarded .45 and decides to keep it, his desperate hunger to be somebody leads him down a dark path of crime and violence. Living with his show-business relatives who can barely spare him pocket change, Johnny convinces himself the gun is his ticket to the life he craves—but he's quickly caught between hardened criminals who will stop at nothing to silence him. In this gritty true-crime tale from Crime Does Not Pay #86, watch as Johnny's foolish ambition catches up with him in ways he never imagined.

Untitled Non-Fiction story
0.5 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Untitled Crime story
7 pp · Crime
I Was a Crime Reporter!
10 pp · Crime
Invitation to Murderer!
7.25 pp · Crime

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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $887*
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Full credits

artist, inker George Tuska
cover pencils, inks Charles Biro

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