Crime and Punishment
Superior · 1948–1950 · 20 issues
About the series
From 1948 to 1950, Superior Publishers' Crime and Punishment ran for 20 issues, a gritty crime comic that leaned into the era's fascination with true-crime and gangster tales. Most frequently illustrated by Charles Biro—often under his own signature—alongside Bob Fujitani, the series delivered hard-boiled stories of lawbreakers and their comeuppance. It matters as a key example of the pre-Comics Code crime genre, reflecting the raw, unvarnished storytelling that would soon face intense scrutiny.