Crime Does Not Pay #22

(July 1942)

Crime Does Not Pay a Completely New Kind of Magazine (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lev Gleason (signed)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld (Table of Contents: 2)

Crime Kings / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood ? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (signed as Lucey)

Inks

Harry Lucey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Louis "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)

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

Story 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.

Wild Bill Hickok (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood ? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood ? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood ? [as Woody Hamilton] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Characters

Wild 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)

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

signature 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).

Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Volpe

Inks

Frank Volpe

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

The Esposito Brothers

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

Volp 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.

The Saga of Harpshead Road (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro ?

Pencils

Carl Hubbell (signed as Hub)

Inks

Carl Hubbell (signed as Hub)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton ?

Genre

crime

Characters

Big Harp (dies)

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Two-Legged Rats (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Montana (signed as Montana)

Pencils

Bob Montana (signed as Montana)

Inks

Bob Montana (signed as Montana)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Jon Overs (dies)

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood ?

Pencils

George Tuska ?

Inks

George Tuska ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton ?

Genre

crime

Characters

Zilla (dies)

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Hollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Devil (Table of Contents: 8)

Crime Corner / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (credited as Woody Hamilton)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

The Case of the Twisted Cigarettes (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Inks

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Dick Williams

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

The Blackout Murder Mystery (Table of Contents: 10)

Be a Detective / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Maurer ?

Inks

Norman Maurer ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

The solution appears on the last page of the War Eagle story.

[The Bond Drive] (Table of Contents: 11)

Dickie Dean / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Montana ? (signed)

Pencils

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks

Bob Montana (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Bob Montana cameo

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

War Bond promo

Cilicia (Table of Contents: 12)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias

Reprints

• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])

Indexer Notes

Stamp column with stamp ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

The War Eagle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Mandel ?

Pencils

Alan Mandel (signed)

Inks

Alan Mandel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steel grey wings over America...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The 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)

Synopsis

Although 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.

Reprints

• in Complete Book of True Crime Comics (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1944 series) ([circa 1944])
• in Crime Does Not Pay Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 ([2012])
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #115 (2020)

Keywords

Daily Express; S.S. Atlantic; The Tabloid

Indexer Notes

Only 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.