Gwandanaland Comics #146

This 2017 Gwandanaland Comics collection reprints Crime Does Not Pay issues #77–81, showcasing the hard-hitting crime anthology series published by Lev Gleason with Charles Biro and Bob Wood as editors. Charles Biro's cover for issue #77 sets the tone perfectly — a tense confrontation scene where a pipe-smoking figure in a suit faces down a group of thugs, with dialogue bubbles crackling with menace and a body slumped in the foreground. Biro's bold, dynamic linework captures that unmistakable mid-century crime comics energy, and at 52 full-size pages per issue, there's plenty of "All True Crime Illustories" to keep you turning pages.