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Crime Does Not Pay #23

Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · Series began 1942 · September 1942

Dates

Cover date
September 1942
On sale
July 20, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Bob Montana, Carl Hubbell, Alan Mandelinks: Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, Bob Montana, Carl Hubbell, Alan Mandelscript: Bob Wood

Stories

  • The True Story of John Dillinger · Crime Kings · 11 pages
  • John Crandon · Cop Hero of the Month · 6 pages
  • Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robbery · 8 pages
  • Pancho Villa · 10 pages
  • The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Major · 5 pages
  • The White-Masked Terror · 3 pages
  • Three Isolated Murders · 6 pages
  • Two-Legged Rats · 4 pages

    Creffield starts a religious cult among the women of Corvalis, Oregon.

  • The Monster of Munsterberg · 3 pages
  • The Fire Fiends of Missouri · 5 pages

    A hotel arson results in seven deaths.

Characters

Pancho Villa

Reprinted in

Crime Does Not Pay Archives (2012), Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (2011)

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