Big Town #22

Based on the TV hit show of its day, Big Town #22 (1953) delivers a tense cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella that puts reporter Steve Wilson squarely in the crosshairs — a menacing, wild-eyed criminal mastermind looms from behind a newspaper extra blazing the headline "Steve Wilson Unmasks Criminal Mastermind!" while leveling a revolver and sneering, "Looking for me, Steve Wilson?" The four mug shots printed on that newspaper front page hint at the kind of organized crime network Wilson has apparently rattled. Inside, John Broome and Manny Stallman (with inks by John Giunta) bring you "The Amazing Crime Camera!" — a solid crime-reporter adventure straight from the era when journalism and danger went hand in hand.