Crime Does Not Pay Archives #5

Dark Horse's fifth Crime Does Not Pay archive volume collects issues 38–41 of one of the golden age's most gripping crime anthologies, promising "All True Crime Stories" and delivering with a cover by Charles Biro that sets the mood perfectly. The scene drops us into a barbershop turned danger zone: a menacing figure in a blue suit and fedora brandishes a straight razor over a helpless customer in the chair, while two terrified barbers recoil in the background beneath a hanging lamp. With a foreword by Paul Gravett and C. L. Hartman's interior art on "The Case of the Armored Car Killer," this 2013 hardcover is a genuine treat for anyone who loves their crime comics unvarnished and unapologetic.