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Crime Must Pay the Penalty #4

Oct 1948 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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# Crime Must Pay the Penalty #4 This issue contains two main crime stories. "Ruler of the Racketeers" depicts a violent gang war when crime dealers attempt to muscle in on another mob's operations, resulting in a fierce battle between criminal factions. The second story involves the Sheriff of Bedford Castle discovering that varlets have broken into his castle's treasure room and stolen valuables, leading to a pursuit involving vigilantes from Virginia City who organize to track down and stop the thieves before they escape with their haul of silver and gems.

Contains 6 stories
The Rise and Fall of the Four Genna Brothers
10 pp · Crime
Butch KeelerKlondike MylesTony GennaAngelo GennaMike GennaJimmy GennaJo-JoMama Luigi
Charlie Birger - Ruler of the Rackets
10 pp · Crime
Charlie BirgerPulliumDoc Adams
Thomas Dun...Fiend of a Thousand Forms!
8 pp · Crime, Historical
Thomas DunThe Sheriff of Bedford

Thomas Dun is a master of murderous disguise—a criminal so skilled at altering his appearance that no two witnesses can agree on what he looks like, leaving the Sheriff of Bedford baffled in his hunt across Plantagenet England. When the Sheriff finally captures one of Dun's own men, a golden opportunity to end the reign of terror seems within reach—until Dun's gift for deception turns the tables in ways the law never anticipated. It's a tale of cunning, betrayal, and a criminal whose greatest weapon isn't steel or fire, but the ability to become anyone at all.

Comicrimes - The Body in the Bag!
3 pp · Crime
Clyde TaylorMrs. TaylorJudson
Henry Plummer - Virginia City Renegade
7 pp · Crime, Western-Frontier
Henry PlummerBuck ClevelandMiss Mayhew
William Garner - "The Florida Fox!"
8 pp · Crime
William Bonton Garner

William Bonton Garner cuts a violent path through the underworld as a Navy deserter turned killer, racking up four murders and multiple robberies across Kentucky and Florida in his brutal climb toward fortune. When Miami police close in after a bridge shooting leaves a cop dead, Garner's desperation drives him to an audacious disguise—but his attempt to slip through the dragnet in a woman's dress sets off a wild chase that brings him face-to-face with the very justice he's been running from. This tale from Crime Must Pay the Penalty captures one of the strangest twists in Miami police history.

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CGC 9.8 $1,254*
CGC 9.6 $787*
CGC 9.4 $505*
CGC 9.2 $416
CGC 9.0 $226
CGC 8.5 $159*
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CGC 7.5 $54*
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CGC 4.5 $22*
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Full credits

artist, inker Rudy Palais
cover pencils, inks Sid Greene

Reprints

Reprinted in Crime Must Pay the Penalty #36 (1954), Crime Must Pay the Penalty #37 (1954), Crime Must Pay the Penalty #38 (1954)

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