| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Peter Poplaski; inks: Peter Poplaski; colors: Bernie Mireault | |
| 1 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.5 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 2 | A Force for Good in the Community! | illustration | 1.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | A Crime Does Not Pay Primer | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 4 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 5 | Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped | credits, title page | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 6 | Credits, Indicia, Table of Contents | table of contents | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 7 | Crime Does Not Pay #48 cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 8 | Introduction | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Brian Azzarello | |
| 9 | Crime Does Not Pay #24 cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 10 | Biro & Wood Partners in Crime | text article | 13 | script: Denis Kitchen; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 11 | Two-Legged Rats | comic story | 4 | script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana | |
| 12 | The Fire Fiends of Missouri! | comic story | 5 | pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel | |
| 13 | So Mean He'd Kill His Mother | comic story | 7 | pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 14 | The True Life Story of.... Charles "Lucky" Luciano | comic story | 13 | | |
| 15 | The Patent Leather Killer! | comic story | 6 | pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino | |
| 16 | The Horror Hobby | comic story | 4 | pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 17 | The Man Who Loved Murder | comic story | 12 | pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy Palais | |
| 18 | The Monster of Crime | comic story | 7 | pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. Sale | |
| 19 | Million Dollar Burglar | comic story | 7 | pencils: Jack Alderman; inks: Jack Alderman | |
| 20 | Mutiny on the Rock | comic story | 10 | pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan Barry | |
| 21 | The Kill-Crazy Fleagle Brothers | comic story | 14 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | |
| 22 | Danny Iamascia Dutch Schultz's Triggerman | comic story | 7 | pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan Barry | |
| 23 | Dr. Holmes the Master of Murder Castle | comic story | 7.67 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 24 | This'll Kill You! | comic story | 0.33 | | |
| 25 | The Beast of Brooklyn | comic story | 5 | pencils: Paul Parker; inks: Paul Parker | |
| 26 | Crime's Dumbest Wise Guy Peter Treadway | comic story | 15 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | |
| 27 | Leo Lepke Buchalter | comic story | 13 | pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan Barry | |
| 28 | The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist - Herman Duker | comic story | 6 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 29 | Vic Everhart the Kill-Crazy Scoundrel, Who Hated the Law and Proved It With Every Blast of His Revolver! | comic story | 11 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | |
| 30 | The Crooks Who Couldn't Get Together! | comic story | 6 | pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed Moore | |
| 31 | The Electric Chair and the Murderess | comic story | 9 | | |
| 32 | Robert James | comic story | 8 | | |
| 33 | Machine-Gun Kelly | comic story | 9 | | |
| 34 | The Ferocious Brady Gang | comic story | 7 | | |
| 35 | Once There Were Three Killers from Brooklyn Called Shapiro - Now There Are None! | comic story | 7 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | |
| 36 | Bibliography | text article | 1 | pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset | |
| 37 | Also Available from Dark Horse Archives | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 38 | - | illustration | 1 | | |
| 39 | A Force for Good in the Community! | illustration | 1.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 40 | Brief Biographies of Charles Biro, Bob Wood and Lev Gleason | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.5 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 41 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |