Big Town #27

Tied directly to TV's hit show, Big Town #27 arrives from DC in 1954 with a rooftop nail-biter rendered in Gil Kane's pencils and inked by Joe Giella. High above the city streets, a gun-toting villain in an orange suit closes in on Steve and a blonde woman backed against the building's edge — her urgent "Steve — we've reached a dead end!" captures the whole desperate situation in five words. Inside, John Broome writes and Manny Stallman draws "The Crime Laboratory!," promising the sharp urban drama that made this series a natural fit for the small screen.