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- Cover Date
- December 1948
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Crime Bureau Stories, Inc.
- Cover Credits
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Bill Everett pencils guess
Carl Burgos inks guess
- Contributions
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Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Current market pricing for Lawbreakers Always Lose #5 shows a latest raw sale of VG+ 4.5 sold for $100 on 2026-?, a latest graded sale of CGC VG- 3.5 sold for $99 on August 8th, 2022.
Raw price ranges include Very Good/Fine 5.0 $100 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 3.5 $99 (1 comp); CGC 9.0 $1,320 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 5th, 2026.
Stories
How Smart Can You Be?
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Double Double-Cross!
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Hi, Friends
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Wanted by the F.B.I.
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Selling Spirits Short
A Penny for Your Life!
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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Issue Overview
Lawbreakers Always Lose #5 was published by Crime Bureau Stories, Inc. in December 1948. It is part of the Lawbreakers Always Lose series, which ran from Spring 1948 to October 1949.
Cover credits include Bill Everett and Carl Burgos.
Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "How Smart Can You Be?." Indexed story credits include John Buscema and Chuck Winter, among others.