Lot of 5 Pre-Code CRIME Comics * LEV GLEASON * Punk Perforated By Plug Uglies
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Title: Lot of Five Pre-Code CRIME Comics * CRIME and PUNISHMENT Nos. 56 and 69 * CRIME DOES NOT PAY Nos. 38 and 107 * JUSTICE TRAPS THE GUILTY No. 20
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Publisher:Lev Gleason & Prize
Date Published: 1944-1952
Description: Crime and Punishment #56: VG/Fine (5.0). Moderate spine stress, mild staple pull, spine ends nicked, corners ever-so-slightly rounded, small inconspicuous abrasion and a few small faint soil spots to back cover. Off-white pages. Overstreet: "Classic dagger/torture cover." GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $240 in 4/22.
Crime and Punishment #69: G/VG (3.0). Spine roll, spine stress, 1" spine split, a few spine nicks and small tears, edgewear, corner creases, staple pulls, smattering of flyspecks to 1st page near staple. Cream pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $51 in 5/20.
Crime Does Not Pay #38: VG (4.0). Mild spine roll, single-staple wartime mag with staple slightly pulled but cover solidly attached, tiny chips to spine ends, 1/4" crimped tear to top right edge of front cover, mild toning to spine. Cream to off-white pages. Bloody Biro cover: cops blast goon's ear off. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $120 in 8/23.
Crime Does Not Pay #107: VG+ (4.5). Mild spine stress, nicks and shallow chips to top edge of front cover, handling crease, small dogeared tear to back cover. Off-white pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in any grade.
Justice Traps the Guilty #20: VG- (3.5). Spine roll, curved tear and color chip to top spine, small chips to bottom spine and corner, small corner chip to back cover, pencilled distributor's mark ("A") to "Y" in "GUILTY." Cream to light tan pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in any grade.
Credits: Covers: Charles Biro, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Marvin Stein. Art: Burt Frohman, Dick Rockwell, Ben Brown, Robert Martinott, Robert Sale, Al Fagaly, Dick Briefer, Jack Alderman, C.L. Hartman, Bob Fujitani, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Al McWilliams, Bernard Baily?, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon?, Rudy Palais, uncredited others.Punks and Plug-Uglies: Louie the Punk, stripped to the waist and spread-eagled to a bedframe, is forced to keep it clenched or get penetrated by plug-uglies on the cover to Crime and Punishment #56. Readers searching for the sordid symbology of train-pulling prison punks can find it right here. As a bonus bonanza, Charles Biro's cover to Crime Does Not Pay #38 features a goon whose ear has been shot off, complete with copious blood and gore, in a perfect illustration of Biro's guiding artistic sensibility. "Forget about art. Go for the detail, the nuances. Bullets going through the head. Brains blowing out the back." – Charles Biro quoted by Steve Stiles, "Blood, Bullets and Gun Molls: A Brief Overview of Charles Biro at Lev Gleason Publications," Alter Ego #73. Only in the wacky world of pre-Code horror would blown-out brainpans be considered "nuance" – sheesh!______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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Title: Lot of Five Pre-Code CRIME Comics * CRIME and PUNISHMENT Nos. 56 and 69 * CRIME DOES NOT PAY Nos. 38 and 107 * JUSTICE TRAPS THE GUILTY No. 20
Place Published:
Publisher:Lev Gleason & Prize
Date Published: 1944-1952
Description: Crime and Punishment #56: VG/Fine (5.0). Moderate spine stress, mild staple pull, spine ends nicked, corners ever-so-slightly rounded, small inconspicuous abrasion and a few small faint soil spots to back cover. Off-white pages. Overstreet: "Classic dagger/torture cover." GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $240 in 4/22.
Crime and Punishment #69: G/VG (3.0). Spine roll, spine stress, 1" spine split, a few spine nicks and small tears, edgewear, corner creases, staple pulls, smattering of flyspecks to 1st page near staple. Cream pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $51 in 5/20.
Crime Does Not Pay #38: VG (4.0). Mild spine roll, single-staple wartime mag with staple slightly pulled but cover solidly attached, tiny chips to spine ends, 1/4" crimped tear to top right edge of front cover, mild toning to spine. Cream to off-white pages. Bloody Biro cover: cops blast goon's ear off. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $120 in 8/23.
Crime Does Not Pay #107: VG+ (4.5). Mild spine stress, nicks and shallow chips to top edge of front cover, handling crease, small dogeared tear to back cover. Off-white pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in any grade.
Justice Traps the Guilty #20: VG- (3.5). Spine roll, curved tear and color chip to top spine, small chips to bottom spine and corner, small corner chip to back cover, pencilled distributor's mark ("A") to "Y" in "GUILTY." Cream to light tan pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in any grade.
Credits: Covers: Charles Biro, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Marvin Stein. Art: Burt Frohman, Dick Rockwell, Ben Brown, Robert Martinott, Robert Sale, Al Fagaly, Dick Briefer, Jack Alderman, C.L. Hartman, Bob Fujitani, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Al McWilliams, Bernard Baily?, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon?, Rudy Palais, uncredited others.Punks and Plug-Uglies: Louie the Punk, stripped to the waist and spread-eagled to a bedframe, is forced to keep it clenched or get penetrated by plug-uglies on the cover to Crime and Punishment #56. Readers searching for the sordid symbology of train-pulling prison punks can find it right here. As a bonus bonanza, Charles Biro's cover to Crime Does Not Pay #38 features a goon whose ear has been shot off, complete with copious blood and gore, in a perfect illustration of Biro's guiding artistic sensibility. "Forget about art. Go for the detail, the nuances. Bullets going through the head. Brains blowing out the back." – Charles Biro quoted by Steve Stiles, "Blood, Bullets and Gun Molls: A Brief Overview of Charles Biro at Lev Gleason Publications," Alter Ego #73. Only in the wacky world of pre-Code horror would blown-out brainpans be considered "nuance" – sheesh!______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
