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Crime Must Pay the Penalty #2

Jun 1948 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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"The Tri-State Murderer" recounts how Inspector Marshall of Scotland Yard investigated the murder of Henry Smith at Muswell Lodge, discovering that a stolen lantern with a homemade wick was the crucial clue that identified the killers as two London criminals, Milsom and Fowler, who had recently fled town under suspicious circumstances. "Walter Leganza" follows a criminal named Crowley who attempts to apprehend the fugitive Bennie Haas in New York, but Haas evades capture and joins the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, where he becomes involved in a thirty-thousand-dollar robbery that ultimately leads to his downfall when police close in on the gang's hideout.

Contains 5 stories
Bullet-Man of the Bowery
8 pp · Crime
Joe MasseriaGuidoUmberto ValentiBettyBeagle
Bloody Birth of the Triple Alliance
10 pp · Crime
CrowleyKeikertCunniffeBennie HaasDanny Grosso

A daring daylight robbery of a U.S. mail truck in Elizabeth, New Jersey, marks the violent birth of a ruthless criminal alliance—one that harnesses tommy guns and fast cars in a coordinated assault on a federal payroll. As law enforcement launches a massive manhunt across the eastern seaboard, the gang members begin turning on each other, with paranoia and betrayal unraveling their perfect crime faster than the authorities can track them down. This is the true story of how one brazen heist ignited a chain reaction that would ultimately doom them all.

Merchants of Murder - The Sinister Saga of Burke and Hare
8 pp · Crime, Historical
William HareBurkeDoctor KnoxDoanyLoomisMrs. Mudgins
Walter Leganza - The Tri-State Devil
10 pp · Crime
Walter LeganzaMiss GaltMais

Walter Leganza, the ruthless ringleader of a vicious tri-state crime ring, orchestrates payroll robberies and kills without hesitation to protect his operations—until the FBI closes in and his own crimes begin to unravel around him. When one of his gang turns state's evidence and a woman survives his brutality, Leganza finds himself hunted not just by law enforcement, but cornered by the consequences of his own merciless ambition. Trapped between the noose and his crumbling criminal empire, the Tri-State Devil discovers that no amount of violence can outrun justice.

The Human Buzzard
10 pp · Crime
Harry TracyGaonusDave Merrill

Harry Tracy, the Northwest's most vicious outlaw, escapes from Utah State Penitentiary and embarks on a brutal crime spree with the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, leaving a trail of robbery and murder across the region. Recaptured and sentenced to life, Tracy's cunning and ruthlessness drive him to attempt escape after escape, eventually landing in Oregon State Prison where he plots yet another desperate bid for freedom alongside his partner Dave Merrill. As the law closes in from all sides, Tracy's animal instinct for survival pushes him toward one final, dangerous gamble.

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Raw (Good) $27
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $896
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $575*
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $399*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $312
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $175*
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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $67*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $58*
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CGC 5.0 none in existence
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CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $31*
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Full credits

artist, inker Sid Greene
cover pencils, inks Ken Battefield

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