Crime Does Not Pay

    (Lev Gleason, 1942-1955)
™ and ©1953 Lev Gleason Publications, Inc.
Series continued from Silver Streak Comics #21

This is the comic that got the entire crime comics genre rolling—and may have unwittingly contributed to the formation of the Comics Code years later. It began when Bob Wood and Charles Biro were swapping yarns in a bar and discovered that gangsters and criminals would provide a neverending flow of new stories for a comic book. Grabbing the name from a popular movie feature, the pair conspired to rename Silver Streak to Crime Does Not Pay, one of the earliest, and most lurid crime comics of all time.

The allure of the series was in its graphic and violent stories, drawing material from sources as far back as the middle ages, but concentrating mostly on gangsters of the 1930s. Biro’s ghostly “Mr. Crime” narrated many of the early episodes. This character was something of a patron saint of criminals, and would egg on the thugs until their inevitable comeuppance in the final page.
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  • 22
    #22
    Jul 1942
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    W: Woody Hamilton  ·  A: Harry Lucey, Woody Hamilton, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, George Tuska, Richard Norman, Norman Maurer, Alan Mandel
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    #23
    Sep 1942
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    W: Woody Hamilton  ·  A: Woody Hamilton, Norman Maurer, Richard Norman, Bob Montana, Carl Hubbell, Alan Mandel
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    #24
    Nov 1942
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    W: Dick Wood, Ivy, Woody Hamilton  ·  A: Dick Wood, Bart Tumey, Buriokoff, Alan Mandel, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Frank Giacoia
    1st Appearance of Mr. Crime
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    #25
    Jan 1943
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    W: Dick Wood, Bob Wood  ·  A: Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Briefer, Norman Maurer, Alan Mandel, Dan Barry
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    #26
    Mar 1943
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    W: Dick Wood, Bob Wood  ·  A: Roy, Norman Maurer, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel
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    #27
    May 1943
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    W: Dick Wood, Bob Wood  ·  A: Jack Alderman, Sam Burlockoff, Norman Maurer, Alan Mandel, Bob Wood, Dick Briefer
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    #28
    Jul 1943
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    W: Dick Wood  ·  A: Norman Maurer, Sam Burlockoff, Dick Briefer, Jack Alderman, Bob Wood
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    Sep 1943
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    W: Dick Wood, Bob Wood  ·  A: Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Bob Wood, Jack Alderman
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    #30
    Nov 1943
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    A: Carmine Infantino
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    #31
    Jan 1944
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #32
    Mar 1944
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    W: Louis Trakis, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer  ·  A: Charles Biro, Louis Trakis, Alan Mandel
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    #33
    May 1944
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #34
    Jul 1944
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    W: Dick Wood, Dick Briefer  ·  A: Charles Biro, Rudy Palais, Bob Q. Siege
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    #35
    Sep 1944
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Nov 1944
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    W: Dick Wood  ·  A: Charles Biro, Rudy Palais, Art Gates, Bob Q. Siege
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    #37
    Jan 1945
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    A: Charles Biro
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #39
    May 1945
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #40
    Jul 1945
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #41
    Sep 1945
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    A: Charles Biro, Jack Alderman, Norman Maurer
    1st Appearance of Mr. Common Sense; Origin of Mr. Common Sense
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    #42
    Nov 1945
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    W: Dick Wood  ·  A: Charles Biro, Jack Alderman, Norman Maurer, Rudy Palais
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    #43
    Jan 1946
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    W: Robert Bernstein, Woody Hamilton  ·  A: Charles Biro, Rudy Palais, Jack Alderman, Vernon Henkel
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    #44
    Mar 1946
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #45
    May 1946
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    A: Charles Biro, Bob Q. Siege, Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais
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    #46
    Jul 1946
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #47
    Sep 1946
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    W: Arne Arntzen, Red Woodbury  ·  A: Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Red Woodbury, Harley M. Griffiths, Ray Burley
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    #48
    Nov 1946
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #49
    Jan 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Mar 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #51
    May 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Jun 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Jul 1947
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska
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    Aug 1947
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska
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    #55
    Sep 1947
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    A: Charles Biro, Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer
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    #56
    Oct 1947
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    A: Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, George Tuska
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    #57
    Nov 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #58
    Dec 1947
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #59
    Jan 1948
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska, Fred Guardineer
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    Feb 1948
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska, Fred Guardineer
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    #61
    Mar 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Apr 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #63
    May 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #64
    Jun 1948
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    W: C.H. Moore  ·  A: Bob Fujitani, Charles Biro, George Tuska
    Used in Seduction of the Innocent
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    #65
    Jul 1948
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    A: Charles Biro, Dan Barry, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer
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    Aug 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #67
    Sep 1948
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    W: Dan Barry, C.H. Moore  ·  A: Charles Biro, George Tuska, Dan Barry, C.H. Moore, Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer
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    #68
    Oct 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #69
    Nov 1948
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    W: Dan Barry  ·  A: Charles Biro, Dan Barry, Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Tony DiPreta
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    #70
    Dec 1948
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #71
    Jan 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #72
    Feb 1949
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska, C.H. Moore, Tony DiPreta
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    Mar 1949
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    A: Charles Biro, C.H. Moore, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer
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    #74
    Apr 1949
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    A: Charles Biro, George Tuska, Claude Moore, Fred Guardineer
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    #75
    May 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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  • 76
    #76
    Jun 1949
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    Used in Seduction of the Innocent
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  • 77
    #77
    Jul 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #78
    Aug 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #79
    Sep 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #80
    Oct 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #81
    Nov 1949
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    W: C.H. Moore  ·  A: George Tuska, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer
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    #82
    Dec 1949
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Jan 1950
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    Feb 1950
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    A: Charles Biro
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    Mar 1950
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    A: Charles Biro
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    #93
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    #101
    Painted cover by Bob Fujitani
    Aug 1951
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    A: Bob Fujitani, Dick Rockwell, Fred Guardineer, Robert Sale
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    #106
    Jan 1952
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    #107
    Feb 1952
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    A: Bob Fujitani, Charles Biro, Tony DiPreta
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    May 1952
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    #111
    Jun 1952
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    A: Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer
    Country Adams
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    #120
    Mar 1953
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    #121
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