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Crime Does Not Pay Archives #1

Dark Horse · [2012] · on sale March 27, 2012

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Series
Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
[2012]
Key date
March 27, 2012
On-sale date
March 27, 2012
Indicia publisher
Dark Horse Books
Price
$49.99; 54.99 CAD
Pages
288
Barcode
9781595822895
ISBN
978-1-59582-289-5

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword4pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset
2-table of contents1letters: typeset
3Look at What All these Bloody Little Dimes Can Get Youtext article3script: Matt Fraction
4-cover reprint (on interior page)1script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro
5Crime Does Not Pay a Completely New Kind of Magazinetext article1script: Lev Gleason
6The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworldcomic story12script: Woody Hamilton; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceyLouis "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)
7Wild Bill Hickokcomic story10script: Woody Hamilton; pencils: Woody Hamilton; inks: Woody HamiltonWild 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)
8Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenuecomic story7pencils: Frank Volp; inks: Frank VolpThe Esposito Brothers
9The Saga of Harpshead Roadcomic story3script: Charles Biro; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell; letters: Ed HamiltonBig Harp (dies)
10Two-Legged Ratscomic story2script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaJon Overs (dies)
11The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doomcomic story5script: Bob Wood; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska; letters: Ed HamiltonZilla (dies)
12Hollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Deviltext story2script: Woody Hamilton
13The Case of the Twisted Cigarettescomic story5script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick BrieferDick Williams
14The Blackout Murder Mysterycomic story5pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
15The Bond Drivecomic story2script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaBob Montana cameo
16Ciliciatext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
17The War Eaglecomic story10pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan MandelThe 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)
18We Have Never Lost a War!public service announcement1pencils: ? (signed "Kinn"); inks: ? (signed "Kinn")
19Boy Comics Is Your Magazinepromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
20New Sensational Features Added to Daredevil Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
21-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles BiroJohn Dillinger; Baby Face Nelson; Jim Hamilton
22Free! 50 Original Hand Colored Drawings ...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro
23The True Story of John Dillingercomic story11script: Bob Wood; pencils: Woody Hamilton; inks: Woody HamiltonJohn Dillinger (introduction, death); Melvin Purvis (introduction)
24John Crandoncomic story6
25Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robberycomic story8George "Baby Face" Nelson
26Pancho Villacomic story10Pancho Villa (introduction, death)
27Postal Tax Stampstext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
28The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Majorcomic story5pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
29The White-Masked Terrortext story3script: Woody Hamilton
30Three Isolated Murderscomic story5script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Richard Norman; inks: Dick Briefer
31Crime Factscomic story1
32The Comic Magazine That Dared to Be Differentpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (spot illustrations); inks: ? (spot illustrations)
33Two-Legged Ratscomic story4script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob MontanaJoshua the Second [Franz Creffield]; George Mitchell; Esther Mitchell
34The Monster of Munsterbergcomic story3pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl HubbellPop Klein (introduction, death)
35The Fire Fiends of Missouricomic story5pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel
36It's a Hitpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration)
39-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles BiroMr. Crime
40Mr. Crimecomic story1script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob WoodMr Crime.
41The True Story of Jack "Legs" Diamondcomic story11script: Dick WoodMr. Crime
42The Mystery of Indian Dick and the Phantom Gold Minecomic story4pencils: Tumey; inks: Tumey
43His Mother's Ghastly Visioncomic story7pencils: Sam Burlockoff; inks: Sam Burlockoff
44Death Works Overtime!! The True Story of Philadelphia's Poison Ringcomic story8pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel
45The Amazing Mystery of the Murders of Maltese Mansioncomic story6pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
46The Strange Case of the Four-Legged Witnesstext story3script: Woody Hamilton
47Canada's New Stampstext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
48Billy the Kidcomic story10
49Corpses for Salecomic story5pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer
50The Millen-Faber Casecomic story9pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia
53-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro
54Dare Is a Small Wordpromo (ad from the publisher)0.8pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset
55-statement of ownership0.2letters: typeset
57The True Life Story of Dutch Schultzcomic story12script: Dick Wood; pencils: Dick Wood; inks: Dick WoodMr. Crime
58Dixie Daviscomic story6script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood
59So Mean He'd Kill His Mothercomic story7pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer
60Indiatext article1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typeset
61The Uncanny Mystery of the Jewel of Deathcomic story6script: Charles Biro; pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
62Belle Starrcomic story10script: Dick Wood; pencils: Dick Wood; inks: Dick Wood
63The Deadly Fox of the Mohawkcomic story5pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart Tumey
64Death in Dreamlandtext story3script: Dick Wood
65The Mail-Box Thiefcomic story5
66The Oklahoma Prison Breakcomic story7script: Charles Biro; inks: Dan Barry
69-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Peter Poplaski; inks: Peter Poplaski
70All True Crime Stories!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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