CRIME DOES NOT PAY VOLUME 4: ALL TRUE CRIME STORIES **FIRST EDITION**

SIMON, PHILIP (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1616551194 / ISBN 13: 9781616551193

Published by Dark Horse Books, Milwaukie, OR, 2013

About this Item

pp: 264 D. Volume 4, Issues 34-37. Bound in bold full colour dust jacket over black cloth boards, pictorial endpapers, and frontispiece. A collection of true crime stories from the Dark Horse Archives. Originally published in 1942 and 1943 by Lev Gleason Publications, edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. There are 40 stories by different authors and illustrators. These were first issued in groups of about 10 between March and September, 1943. One noted crime writer was Dick Wood, who has nine stories in the book. This is a near fine copy in dust jacket. The jacket is protected with a Brodart cover.

Seller Inventory # 007971

Bibliographic Details

• Title: CRIME DOES NOT PAY VOLUME 4: ALL TRUE CRIME STORIES **FIRST EDITION**
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books, Milwaukie, OR
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616551194
• ISBN 13: 9781616551193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 0.69 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
  • THE AMERICAS
  • 1ST EDITION LITERATURE

About this title

Synopsis

Crime Does Not Pay - the true-crime comic that enjoyed massive circulation throughout the forties and fifties - was a hit with readers, but an easy target for Seduction of the Innocent author Dr. Fredric Wertham! The 1954 Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hammered Crime Does Not Pay for its graphic scenes of violence, ultimately leading to the formation of the rigid Comics Code Authority. Issues #34 to #37 of this visceral, provocative series are now collected into one fine, head-walloping hardcover - with a new foreword by modern crime maestro David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Murder Me Dead)!

Product Description

Uncut and uncensored, the infamous pre-code Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Frederic Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority.