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Crime Does Not Pay #30 (1943)

Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 1943 · 60 pages

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The Killer the Law Couldn't Kill
4 pp

Fern Gibson realizes she must go along with the killer, Star Daley, after he murders her husband and kidnaps her, pretending to comply while secretly planning to bring him to justice. As Daley boasts about evading execution due to Texas’s lack of capital punishment, Fern uses her wits to manipulate the situation, setting a trap that ultimately leads to his downfall.

The Texas Terrors
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In the aftermath of a string of brazen robberies across Texas, a fugitive named D. I. Davis and his brother Colly, recently escaped from prison, evade law enforcement through a series of violent confrontations and narrow escapes. As police close in, the brothers’ desperate flight leads them from Amarillo to Oklahoma and beyond, with a mysterious scar and a trail of blood pointing to their true identities.

Mirthful Murder and the Crazy Killers
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In a twisted tale of greed and betrayal, two criminal partners, James Roedl and Leroy Ritchey, rob a hotel and then double-cross each other, leading to a violent showdown. As their rivalry escalates, one attempts to frame the other for murder, only to be caught in a web of his own making.

Sing Sing Prison Break
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In the grim confines of Sing Sing, two inmates—Walters, a lifer and trustee, and M'Gale—orchestrate a daring escape using hidden tools and a stolen milk wagon, navigating tunnels and evading guards. As they flee toward a rendezvous with accomplices Komar and Hadden, the prison’s alarm is raised, setting off a massive manhunt that ultimately leads to their capture and a trial for murder.

Crime Close-Ups
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The Patent Leather Killer!
6 pp · crime
Johnny ShermanJohn Betts

Johnny Sherman, a determined Texas marshal, arrests John Betts, a man he suspects of car theft, only to be found dead the next morning. With a trail of patent leather shoe prints and a mysterious killer on the loose, Betts becomes the prime suspect—though the truth behind the murder is far more twisted than it first appears.

Be a Detective
7 pp
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Charles Biro and Bob Wood, editors at Comic House, race to investigate a chilling murder threat in Victor Dane’s apartment after receiving a confession letter from a Nazi agent named Fritz Dorsen. As they piece together clues from the crime scene and later visit Dorsen’s wife, they uncover a critical connection between the killer’s handwriting and the letter, setting them on a path to uncover the truth—though the full outcome remains hidden.

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