Adventure Comics #55
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Boy's Week Crimes," the city of Cosmos launches a bold experiment: handing over city operations to a group of boys for a week. As the youth take charge, a criminal gang sees an opening—planning to exploit the situation with a new sleep gas, testing just how far the city's young leaders can hold the line. Written by Ken Fitch and illustrated by Bernard Baily in a crisp, energetic style, this 1940 adventure captures the spirit of youthful responsibility amid rising danger. The cover by Bernard Baily perfectly captures the tension of the moment.
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The city government of Cosmos decides to sponsor a week-long "Boys' Week," during which time students will be shown how a big city is run by actually allowing them the chance to do so. But to the criminal element in the city, they believe that the boys will not be able to handle concentrated mobster activity, which seeks to rob people and institutions by using a new sleep gas.
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