(September 2011)

Dark Horse, 2011 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
19.99 USD; 21.99 CAD
Pages
230
On-sale Date
2011-08-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Brand
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
ISBN
978-1-59582-290-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781595822901
Printer
1010 Printing International Limited, Guangdong Province, China
Editing
John Lind (editor: Kitchen, Lind & Associates); Philip Simon (editor: Dark Horse Books); John Schork (assistant editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
16.5 cm x 26 cm
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding
perfect bound
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Book was packaged by Kitchen, Lind & Associates and their brand, KLA, appears on the backcover. The title page states "Edited and Designed by Kitchen, Lind & Associates"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Pencils
Pete Poplaski (credited as Peter Poplaski) (signed as Pete Pop)
Inks
Pete Poplaski (credited as Peter Poplaski) (signed as Pete Pop)
Colors
Bernie Mireault (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime
Cover Thumbnail for Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Dark Horse, 2011 series)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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A Force for Good in the Community! (Table of Contents: 2)

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Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Depiction of letters supporting "Crime Does Not Pay."
Part one of two.

A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fred Guardineer
Inks
Fred Guardineer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Negative image from page 1, panel 1 of "The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist - Herman Duker."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints
Keywords
machine guns; telephone booths

Indexer Notes

Cover cropped to just show the Charles Biro illustration.

Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[Credits, Indicia, Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

[Crime Does Not Pay #48 cover] (Table of Contents: 7)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Charles Biro)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed as Charles Biro)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Introduction (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello (credited)
Letters
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[Crime Does Not Pay #24 cover] (Table of Contents: 9)

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Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
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Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Biro & Wood Partners in Crime (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Denis Kitchen (credited)
Pencils
Charles Biro (illustrations); various (illustrations); various (photographs)
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Charles Biro (illustrations); various (illustrations); various (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Two-Legged Rats (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Bob Montana ?
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Bob Montana
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Bob Montana
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?
Letters
?
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crime
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The Fire Fiends of Missouri! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Alan Mandel (signed as Al Mandel)
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Alan Mandel (signed as Al Mandel)
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Letters
?
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crime
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So Mean He'd Kill His Mother (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Dick Briefer
Inks
Dick Briefer
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?
Letters
?
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crime
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The True Life Story of.... Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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?
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crime
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The Patent Leather Killer! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed as Carmine Infantino)
Inks
Carmine Infantino (signed as Carmine Infantino)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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The Horror Hobby (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Dick Briefer (signed as Dick Briefer)
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Dick Briefer (signed as Dick Briefer)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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The Man Who Loved Murder (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
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Rudy Palais
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Letters
?
Genre
crime
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The Monster of Crime (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Robert Q. Sale (signed as Bob O. Siege)
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Robert Q. Sale (signed as Bob O. Siege)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Million Dollar Burglar (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Alderman (credited) (signed as Jack Alderman)
Inks
Jack Alderman (credited) (signed as Jack Alderman)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Mutiny on the Rock (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry (signed as DAN BARRY [stacked])
Inks
Dan Barry (signed as DAN BARRY [stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

The Kill-Crazy Fleagle Brothers (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska (signed as Geo. Tuska)
Inks
George Tuska (signed as Geo. Tuska)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Danny Iamascia Dutch Schultz's Triggerman (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry
Inks
Dan Barry
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Dr. Holmes the Master of Murder Castle (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer
Inks
Fred Guardineer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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This'll Kill You! (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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?
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?
Genre
humor; crime
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The Beast of Brooklyn (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Paul Parker (signed as Paul Parker (shield))
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Paul Parker (signed as Paul Parker (shield))
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?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Crime's Dumbest Wise Guy Peter Treadway (Table of Contents: 26)

A True Crime Story / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
Inks
George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Leo Lepke Buchalter (Table of Contents: 27)

A True Crime Story / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry (signed as DAN BARRY [stacked])
Inks
Dan Barry (signed as DAN BARRY [stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Reprints

The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist - Herman Duker (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Vic Everhart the Kill-Crazy Scoundrel, Who Hated the Law and Proved It With Every Blast of His Revolver! (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Pencils
George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
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George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
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?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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The Crooks Who Couldn't Get Together! (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Ed Moore (signed as EM)
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Ed Moore (signed as EM)
Colors
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Genre
crime
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Indexer Notes

Signature is last panel of last page.

The Electric Chair and the Murderess (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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crime
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Robert James (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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?
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Machine-Gun Kelly (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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?
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
crime
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The Ferocious Brady Gang (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Once There Were Three Killers from Brooklyn Called Shapiro - Now There Are None! (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
Inks
George Tuska (signed as George Tuska)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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Bibliography (Table of Contents: 36)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils
? (illustration)
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? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Also Available from Dark Horse Archives (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

Dark Horse Books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
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Genre
crime

A Force for Good in the Community! (Table of Contents: 39)

illustration / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Depiction of letters supporting "Crime Does Not Pay."
Part two of two.

[Brief Biographies of Charles Biro, Bob Wood and Lev Gleason] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Crime Does Not Pay was the first comic book of its kind in 1942."]
  3. 2. A Force for Good in the Community!
  4. 3. A Crime Does Not Pay Primer
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped
  7. 6. [Credits, Indicia, Table of Contents]
  8. 7. [Crime Does Not Pay #48 cover]
  9. 8. Introduction
  10. 9. [Crime Does Not Pay #24 cover]
  11. 10. Biro & Wood Partners in Crime
  12. 11. Two-Legged Rats
  13. 12. The Fire Fiends of Missouri!
  14. 13. So Mean He'd Kill His Mother
  15. 14. The True Life Story of.... Charles "Lucky" Luciano
  16. 15. The Patent Leather Killer!
  17. 16. The Horror Hobby
  18. 17. The Man Who Loved Murder
  19. 18. The Monster of Crime
  20. 19. Million Dollar Burglar
  21. 20. Mutiny on the Rock
  22. 21. The Kill-Crazy Fleagle Brothers
  23. 22. Danny Iamascia Dutch Schultz's Triggerman
  24. 23. Dr. Holmes the Master of Murder Castle
  25. 24. This'll Kill You!
  26. 25. The Beast of Brooklyn
  27. 26. Crime's Dumbest Wise Guy Peter Treadway
    A True Crime Story
  28. 27. Leo Lepke Buchalter
    A True Crime Story
  29. 28. The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist - Herman Duker
  30. 29. Vic Everhart the Kill-Crazy Scoundrel, Who Hated the Law and Proved It With Every Blast of His Revolver!
  31. 30. The Crooks Who Couldn't Get Together!
  32. 31. The Electric Chair and the Murderess
  33. 32. Robert James
  34. 33. Machine-Gun Kelly
  35. 34. The Ferocious Brady Gang
  36. 35. Once There Were Three Killers from Brooklyn Called Shapiro - Now There Are None!
  37. 36. Bibliography
  38. 37. Also Available from Dark Horse Archives
    Dark Horse Books
  39. 38. [no title indexed]
  40. 39. A Force for Good in the Community!
  41. 40. [Brief Biographies of Charles Biro, Bob Wood and Lev Gleason]
  42. 41. [no title indexed]
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