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Crime Does Not Pay (comics)
''Crime Does Not Pay'' is the title of an American comic book series published between 1942 and 1955 by Lev Gleason Publications. Edited and chiefly written by Charles Biro, the title launched the crime comics genre and was the first "true crime" comic book series. At the height of its popularity, ''Crime Does Not Pay'' would claim a readership of six million on its covers. The series' sensationalized recountings of the deeds of gangsters such as Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly were illustrated by artists Bob Wood, George Tuska, and others. Stories were often introduced and commented upon by "Mr. Crime", a ghoulish figure in a top hat, and the precursor of "horror hosts" such as EC Comics' Crypt Keeper. According to Gerard Jones, ''Crime Does Not Pay'' was "the first nonhumor comic to rival the superheroes in sales, the first to open the comic book market to large numbers of late adolescent and young males."〔Jones 194〕
==Origin==
When Lev Gleason hired Bob Wood and Charles Biro to edit ''Daredevil'' and ''Silver Streak'' comics in 1941, he rewarded the two cartoonists with a profit-sharing program and creator credits on the covers of the comics. In addition, Gleason urged the pair to create new titles for his company under the understanding that they would share in the profits. Biro and Wood discussed the matter and eventually came up with a concept that would become ''Crime Does Not Pay'', a comic book series chronicling the lives of murderers and gangsters based in part on real world people. Biro is reputed to have been inspired by a meeting with a kidnapper and pimp one night in a bar,〔Wright 26〕 although publisher Arthur Bernhard has stated that the entire concept was created by Gleason.〔Goulart 231〕 The title was based on a popular radio and MGM film series.
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