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Crime and Punishment, #56

Published: November 1952

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Crime and Punishment #56

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Issue Contents:
Have You Met Louie The Punk?
1 page Crime
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for girdles and corselettes from Empire Merchandising Co.

A Dame Deals Death
Story 2 8 pages crime
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-mysterious-script.html

Musical Dolls
Story 3 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for music box dolls from Empire Merchandising Co.

A Flaw in the Law!
Story 4 1 page humor; crime
Credits
Story Notes

Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 20, No. 4, April 2009.

The End of Johnny Morrow
Story 5 5 pages crime
Credits
Story Notes

Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 20, No. 4, April 2009.

Story 6 0 pages
Story Notes

Advertisements for how to write love letters, air force insignias, vanishing cards and ventriloquism lessons from Plaza Book Co., Monarch Military Products Co., The Magician and Kent Greenwood, respectively.

Featuring News Oddities

Story 7 1 page crime

"Courtesy Didn't Pay"

Story Notes

Text article with one spot illustration

Story 8 1 page
"Baby Face" Benson
Story 9 5 pages Crime
Electronic Walkie Talkies
Story 10 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for walkie talkies from Empire Merchandising Co.

The Latest Fad The Greatest Hit!
Story 11 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for Sherlock Holmes deerstalker hat from Empire Mdsg. Co.

The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk
Story 12 7 pages crime
Credits
These Are The World's Best Comics - Ask Any Reader!
Story 13 0 pages
Story Notes

House ad for Crime, Boy, Lovers' Lane, Uncle Charlie's Fables, Boy Loves Girl, Daredevil, Crime Does Not Pay & Black Diamond Western

Look At These 4 Wonder Bargains
Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for assorted products (sewing machine, doll, smoking cowboy doll, etc.) from Novelty Mart.

Draw the First Day
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for "Magic Art Reproducer" from Norton Products.

Hey Skinny - How Would You Like to Gain 56 Pounds of Mighty Muscle Like I Did?
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for body building course from Jowett Institute of Physical Training.

Get Prizes... Make Money
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for prizes given for selling Christmas cards from American Specialty Co.