Crime and Punishment, #3
Published: June 1948
Cover
Reviews
Posts About This Issue
No discussions yet.
Issue Contents:
You're a Smo-o-oth Number...
"In this new nylon 2 way stretch girdle"
Story Notes
Interior front cover advertisement from Kem Company for a 10-day free trial of their DuPont nylon girdles.
Emil (the Terrible) Reck
"His rampage of murder created the most shocking month of crime in Chicago's history!"
Characters
- Emil Reck
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Fujitani
A Message from - Bob Wood Lev Gleason, Charles Biro
"A copy of the following letter was mailed to every writer, artist and contributor to our magazines."
Credits
- Script: Charles Biro
Story Notes
List of 12 rules for writers and artists working for Lev Gleason about what is and is not permissible to put in the stories; accompanied by a photo of Wood, Gleason & Biro
Big-Shot Gangsters
Featuring Thriller Books
"Here are five new pocket sized books of a type never before offered the public."
Story Notes
Advertisement for 5 bargain priced crime books.
Joe Bologna
"They called him "Baloney Bender"!"
Credits
- Pencils: Mike Roy
- Inks: John Belfi
Lesley Ketchell
"With a gun in his hand and a quart down his gullet, he thought he was all the things we wasn't!"
Storyline
The story is told of one Lesley Ketchell, once a resident of Gary, Indiana, who believed the world was trying to make a sucker out him because he had to work hard for a living. So, he decided to double-cross the world by making easy money by gambling. Unfortunately, his excessive drinking began to ruin his life, specifically his marriage and his job, and he eventually landed in jail because he couldn't pay off his gambling debts.
Characters
- Lesley Ketchell (turns to crime)
- Tom Duffy (policeman)
- George O'Reilly (policeman)
- Murtaugh (villain, gambler)
Credits
- Pencils: Leonard Starr
- Inks: Leonard Starr
Reprint Notes
in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #110 (June 2012)
Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook
Story Notes
Advertisement for Daisy Handbook from Daisy Manufacturing Company
They Muffed Their Murder
"The two men walked out of the restaurant in Portland, Oregon, into the raw chill of the early evening..."
Storyline
The round jaws and ears are Tuska's work.
Credits
- Pencils: George Tuska
- Inks: George Tuska
Story Notes
Text story with 6 spot illustrations
Frank Budnik and John Baker
"Crime was the school: Baker, the teacher and Nudnik, the star pupil!"
Credits
- Pencils: Peter James
Running Hot Water - in a Jiffy!
"Seems too good to be true until you see steaming hot water running continuously from any one of your cold water faucets!"
Bertha Gifford Killer of 19 People!
Astonishing Value
Story Notes
Advertisement for western belt and zipper billfold from The Leathercraft Company
Order Direct by Mail from Broadway Fashions
Story Notes
Interior back cover advertisement for the Gibson Girl one piece dress.
Bad Skin?
"Stop worrying about pimples, blackheads and other externally caused skin troubles"