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| Publication | October 1952 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | The cover scene does not appear in the comic. |
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| Cover | Crime Must Stop! |
| Synopsis | The evil femme orders the thugs to hurl the victim into a grave with quicklime (to dissolve the body faster). |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Femme fatale with a gun; monstrous thugs; victim |
| Notes | The cover scene does not appear in the comic. |
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| Comic Story | A Trigger in the Family (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A criminal on the lam takes a chance to see his long-lost daughter, with tragic results. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Doc Mantell; Eddie Harper; a daughter |
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| Comic Story | Rusty Bullets (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chopper Benson is set free after 20 years as "a guest of the state", but finds the world has changed - and he can't adapt. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chopper Benson; Tommy Garden; hobos; a retired cop/shopkeeper |
| Notes | Reinman pencils per Nick Caputo, January 2014. Nick suspects another hand may have penciled the splash page. |
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| Comic Story | The Sunshine Courier (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Someone is leaking secrets from the office in Washington, DC, but everyone's too busy gawking at the sunbathing secretaries to figure it out. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: US Investigator Paul Martin; Colonel Blair; sunbathing secretaries |
| Notes | Krigstein art per Nick Caputo, January 2014. |
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| Comic Story | The Black Chain (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A coal miner who survives a cave-in quits mining and falls into being a getaway driver. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Johnny Kopeck; Al Hubans |
| Notes | Krigstein credit per Nick Caputo, January 2014. |
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| Text Story | The Loaded Dutchman (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sharp smuggler uses innocent women to smuggle jewels on an ocean liner. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: The Humble Dutchman |
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| Comic Story | The Cardboard Lamb (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A twin brother sneaks aboard an ocean liner as a steward to kill his rich cousin and take his place. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: George and Charlie Randolph; Elaine Morse; Treasury Agents |
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| Comic Story | The Stone Net (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | In a small town in the French countryside, two burglars target a manor house - that the local gendarmes call "The Chateau of Regret". |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Anton; Papa Leon; gendarmes |
| Notes | Possible Prentice art per Nick Caputo, January 2014. |
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| Comic Story | The Gypsy Water Curse (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the American desert, Frankie loves to swim at every opportunity. But when they plan an armored car robbery, Gypsy warns Frankie to "stay away from water." |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Frankie; Gus; "Gypsy" |
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