Charles Biro

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Boy Comics #5

Lev Gleason • 1942 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #23

Lev Gleason • 1942 • Vol. 1
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Scarce issue

Boy Comics #6

Lev Gleason • 1942 • Vol. 1
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Origin of Iron Jaw

Air Fighters Comics #2

Hillman • 1942 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of Airboy

1st appearance of Black Angel, Iron Ace, Skywolf, Bald Eagle, the Flying Dutchman

Crime Does Not Pay #24

Lev Gleason • 1942 • Vol. 1
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Pre-Comics Code Authority torture cover

1st appearance Mr. Crime

Air Fighters Comics #3

Hillman • 1942 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of The Heap, a German pilot that turned into a swamp monster

Origin of Skywolf

Air Fighters Comics #4

Hillman • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #25

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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2nd appearance of Mr. Crime

Air Fighters Comics #5

Hillman • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Cover art by Charles Biro

Boy Comics #8

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #26

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Extreme violence cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Boy Comics #9

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance He/She, a half-man, half-woman villain

Zip Comics #37

Archie • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #27

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Daredevil Comics #17

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Boy Comics #10

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #28

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Boy Comics #11

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #29

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #30

Lev Gleason • 1943 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #31

Lev Gleason • 1944 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #33

Lev Gleason • 1944 • Vol. 1
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Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Crime Does Not Pay #35

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Crime Does Not Pay #36

Lev Gleason • 1944 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #37

Lev Gleason • 1945 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #40

Lev Gleason • 1945 • Vol. 1
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Boy Comics #24

Lev Gleason • 1945 • Vol. 1
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Insane asylum cover featuring a woman in a straitjacket

Crime Does Not Pay #43

Lev Gleason • 1946 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #46

Lev Gleason • 1946 • Vol. 1
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Boy Comics #29

Lev Gleason • 1946 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #47

Lev Gleason • 1946 • Vol. 1
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Electric chair cover art by Charles Biro

Crime Does Not Pay #48

Lev Gleason • 1946 • Vol. 1
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Boy Comics #33

Lev Gleason • 1947 • Vol. 1
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Crime and Punishment #1

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Premiere Issue, spin-off series from Crime Does Not Pay, starring Mr. Crime

Crime Does Not Pay #63

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: gratuitous violence

Reprinted from True Crime Comics #2

Crime and Punishment #2

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: provides instructions on how to steal from the blind

Crime Does Not Pay #64

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: Wertham criticizes the publisher of this issue who displayed the comics code logo but did not adhere to the rule that no blood is to be shown

Crime and Punishment #3

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: a criminal instructs his partner to punch a man in the eye using brass knuckles and to twist them upon impact

Desperado #1

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Desperado #3

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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1st team appearance of the Hole In The Wall Gang: Kid Curry, Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid

[September 2021 - Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw book optioned for a TV series]

Desperado #4

Lev Gleason • 1948 • Vol. 1
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Desperado #6

Superior • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Desperado #7

Superior • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Black Diamond Western #9

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of Black Diamond

Crime Does Not Pay #74

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #76

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comic Code Authority

Reason: Wertham refers to a page in this comic that responds to his criticism of violence in comics

Tops #1

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Crime Does Not Pay #78

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Tops #2

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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Lovers' Lane #1

Lev Gleason • 1949 • Vol. 1
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