Anyone have a copy of Crime Does Not Pay #40 handy?

[dgillock]

Hey guys, if anyone has a copy of Crime Does Not Pay #40 handy, could you give me a page count on the middle story, "The Last Laugh of the Lone Wolf Bandit"?

 

I won a lower grade copy on Ebay. I'm pretty sure that the centerfold is out (not mentioned in the listing! ), but I want to be sure before I contact the seller. It's one of those cases where it's sort of hard to tell from the story, though I haven't encountered too many 4 page stories in this period of CDNP- looks to me from comparing adjacent issues that it should be an 8 pager. Unfortunately, this issue isn't indexed on the GCD. Thanks.

[PovertyRow]

What is the page count, excluding the covers, of the book. That should be a good indicator of anything missing.

 

Believe this should be a 52 pager (48 interior plus 4 pages for the covers). You should be able to count 12 pages from middle to front cover and middle to back cover. If you do the page count is correct.

[dgillock]

No, it's incomplete... It's only got 44 interior pages. I was almost certain the centerfold was out but I just wanted confirmation before I emailed the seller. As I said, I have a few adjacent issues- all 52 pages with covers. I can see, however, how she over-looked it. It's not really obvious from the story or the page numbering. Hopefully she'll be understanding. I get the impression from the listing and her previous sales that she doen't normally sell comics, but she does have a "perfect" FB rating.

 

On one or two occassions in the past I've just eaten books on small $5 or $10 ebay purchases, but on this one I paid pretty much Guide with shipping (Guide if the CF was there!). $40 seems a bit too much to swallow in this case.