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Crime Does Not Pay
Date | Number: 22 | Lang: English (en)
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War Eagle had potential. Too bad this seems to be his one and only appearance.
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Really good read thank you
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wow the book that launched the whole crime comics genre,, good stuff..
  
Additional Information
 
NameCrime Does Not Pay 22 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing, 1942, page 316, registration number B541075.
 
Cover1 page
GenreCrime
Script (signed)
PencilsCharles Biro (signed)
InksCharles Biro (signed)
 
Text ArticleCrime Does Not Pay a Completely New Kind of Magazine (1 page)
Letterstypeset
Script (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld (12 pages)
FeatureCrime Kings
CharactersLouis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897-1944); Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplin (1891-1923); Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (1899-1947); Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1893-1927); I. "Danny Field" Friedman (died 1939); Irving Penn (c1897-1939); Louis Cohen (1904-1939)(unnamed in story)
Script (signed) ?
PencilsHarry Lucey (signed)
InksHarry Lucey
NotesStory is noted as "Disgrace to the Human Race" #1. Baby Faced Nelson is announced as "Disgrace to the Human Race" #2 appearing in the next issue.
 
Comic StoryWild Bill Hickok / Wild Bill Hickok (10 pages)
GenreHistorical; Western-frontier
CharactersWild Bill Hickok (1837-1876); Tom Smith (1830-1870); John Wesley "Wes Harding" Hardin (1853-1895); Ben Thompson (1843-1884); Phil Cole (1839-1871); Mike Williams (died 1871)(appears here as Mike McWilliams)
Script (signed) ?
PencilsBob Wood (signed) ?
InksBob Wood (signed) ?
Notessignature in lower right hand corner of splash page.

Next issue blurb promises the story of Pancho Villa.

The final panel reads "Next month CRIME COMICS brings you..." (not Crime Does Not Pay).
 
Comic StoryOfficer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue (7 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersThe Esposito Brothers
PencilsFrank Volpe
InksFrank Volpe
NotesVolp is credited on this series by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the artwork here, with marked, bony cheeks and mouth often rendered in two short lines, can be found in his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason).

Last panel reads "Next month and every month CRIME COMICS will give you the real truth behind the unsung police heroes of our day." Like the last panel of the previous story, this suggests the original planned title of the comic was CRIME COMICS but was changed to CRIME DOES NOT PAY.
 
Comic StoryThe Saga of Harpshead Road (3 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersBig Harp (dies)
Script ?
PencilsCarl Hubbell (signed)
InksCarl Hubbell (signed)
LettersEd Hamilton ?
 
Comic StoryTwo-Legged Rats (2 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersJon Overs (dies)
Script (signed)
PencilsBob Montana (signed)
InksBob Montana (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom (5 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersZilla (dies)
Script ?
PencilsGeorge Tuska ?
InksGeorge Tuska ?
LettersEd Hamilton ?
 
Text StoryHollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Devil (2 pages)
FeatureCrime Corner
Letterstypeset
GenreCrime
Script
 
Comic StoryThe Case of the Twisted Cigarettes (5 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersDick Williams
Script (signed)
PencilsDick Briefer (signed)
InksDick Briefer (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Blackout Murder Mystery (5 pages)
FeatureBe a Detective
GenreCrime
PencilsNorman Maurer ?
InksNorman Maurer ?
NotesThe solution appears on the last page of the War Eagle story.
 
Comic StoryThe Bond Drive (2 pages)
FeatureDickie Dean
GenreHumor
CharactersBob Montana cameo
Script (signed) ?
PencilsBob Montana (signed)
InksBob Montana (signed)
NotesWar Bond promo
 
Text ArticleCilicia (1 page)
FeatureStamps
Script
NotesStamp column with stamp ads.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (10 pages)
SynopsisAlthough struck down with infantile paraylsis, wealthy Bill Reed, after being put down by a college rival for his sweetheart's hand, develops a set of wings, and, over a period of two years, perfects them and is able to walk again. He dedicates his life to serving mankind: foiling hijackers, rounding up public enemies, and so on until a foe emerges called the Wrench, who had suffered injuries from grabbing an incendiary bomb in the 1st World War, and who threatens the S.S. Atlantic.
FeatureThe War Eagle
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe War Eagle [Bill Reed] (introduction); Mrs. Reed (Bill's mother); Bonnie (Bill's sweetheart); Roger Currians; Klein (crew member on S.S. Atlantic, death); Kelly (watchman); Mike (Policeman); The Wrench (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)
Script ?
PencilsAlan Mandel (signed)
InksAlan Mandel (signed)
First LineSteel grey wings over America...
NotesOnly appearance of the War Eagle.

The solution to the "Blackout Murder Mystery", found elsewhere in the issue, is found at the bottom of page 10.
 
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