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Crime Does Not Pay #22 (#1) (Lev Gleason, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages....
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Crime Does Not Pay #22 (#1) (Lev Gleason, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. The first crime comic book, and one of the most valuable! This marked the start of an entire genre, and helped put the comics medium on a path that ended with the introduction of the Comics Code in the mid-1950s. This is a very tough issue to find in high grade. The Mile High copy, which we sold as a raw NM- years ago, is the only one we have ever seen that we would rank ahead of this one, and we have sold multiple pedigree copies with grades lower than the one offered here. The cover is by Charles Biro, and the story art is by Dick Briefer and Bob Montana. It is rated a "7" ("scarce") by The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books and currently listed on Overstreet's Top 10 Crime Comics. Overstreet 2024 VF 8.0 value = $6,117; VF/NM 9.0 value = $10,809. CGC census 10/25: 1 in 8.5, 1 higher.CGC Grader Notes:
small tear left top of front cover
light wear right top of front cover breaks color
small stain right top of back cover
small tear left center of back cover
small stain center of back cover
View the certification for CGC Certification ID 1625872014, including grader's notes if available and a link to the latest full census report for the issue.*
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2025 November 20 - 22 Comic Books Signature® Auction #7427 (go to Auction Home page)
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