Crime Does Not Pay (1942)
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First "true crime" comic book format
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Scarce issue
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Pre-Comics Code Authority torture cover
1st appearance Mr. Crime
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Pre-Comics Code Authority torture cover
1st appearance Mr. Crime
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2nd appearance of Mr. Crime
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Extreme violence cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Extreme violence cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Electric chair cover art by Charles Biro
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Extreme violence cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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Extreme violence cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority
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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
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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
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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
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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
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