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Cover: Charles Biro

Crime Does Not Pay Archives #10

Oct 2015 · Dark Horse · 49.99 USD; 63.99 CAD
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"Kid Dropper" delivers a gritty, straight-from-the-streets origin in the Crime Does Not Pay Archives #10, a 2015 Dark Horse release that captures the raw energy of classic crime pulp. Told through the stark, expressive art of Dan Barry, the story traces Johnny Lazia’s ruthless ascent from youth to power, culminating in a violent showdown with Baron Bentley. The cover, a striking original piece by Charles Biro, perfectly echoes the era’s hard-edged style.

Contains 23 stories
Kid Dropper
11 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime
The Policeman's Son Was a Bandit
8 pp · Crime
Thomas Dun Single-Handed Killer of Thousands!
6 pp · Crime
The Bloody Manhunt for the Jersey Kid
6 pp · Crime
Untitled Crime story
5 pp · Crime, Detective-Mystery
Vic Everhart the Kill-Crazy Scoundrel, Who Hated the Law and Proved It with Every Blast of His Revolver!
11 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime (host)
Alvin Karpis Public Enemy No. 1 (1931-1936)
8 pp · Crime
Cut Rate Murder
6.67 pp · Crime
Untitled Humor story
0.33 pp · Humor
Untitled Crime story
6 pp · Crime
Financier of Death
4 pp · Crime
Verne Miller
10 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime
Untitled Crime story
6 pp · Crime
Jesse James: Good Guy or Bad Guy?
9 pp · Crime
The Crooks Who Couldn't Get Together!
6 pp · Crime
Was She a Monster?
6 pp · Crime
Clay Fogelman Meanest Man of Crime
12 pp · Crime
Mr. Crime (host)
The Rise and Fall of Johnny "Socks" Lazia King of the Alky Rackets
9 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Mr. Lee (supervisor of a reformatory)Johnny "Socks" Lazia (villain)Hank (villain)Reynolds (villain)Crumbs (villain)Baron Bentley (villain)Linda (villain, the Baron's girl, death)Monte Rogers (villain, death)Broda (villain)Georgie (villain)Griff (villain)Riley (villain)Sam (villain)Joe Trumper (villain, lawyer)

In "The Rise and Fall of Johnny 'Socks' Lazia, King of the Alky Rackets," the gritty true tale unfolds of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks who climbed the criminal ladder with ruthless ambition, seizing control of underground rackets until his empire collapsed in a final, bloody reckoning with the man he once betrayed.

On the Level
0.33 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Untitled Humor story
0.33 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
0.33 pp · Humor
Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson?
5 pp · Crime
The Electric Chair and the Murderess
9 pp · Crime

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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Barry
cover pencils, inks Charles Biro

Reprints

↩ Reprints Crime Does Not Pay #58 (1947), Crime Does Not Pay #59 (1948), Crime Does Not Pay #60 (1948), Crime Does Not Pay #61 (1948)

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