Big Town #23

Based on the hit TV show that was drawing audiences in 1953, Big Town #23 delivers fresh urban intrigue straight from the small screen to the comics page. Frank Giacoia's cover catches the tension perfectly — a sharp-dressed man in a fedora alerts a red-clad woman named Lorelei to a hidden doorway in the wall, while a menacing figure with a gun lurks just on the other side, clearly belonging to the very gang they're hunting. It's a crisp, suspenseful snapshot of city-beat adventure that pairs nicely with John Broome and Manny Stallman's interior tale, "The Man with 100 Lives.