Big Town #47

This October 1957 DC crime thriller puts Steve Wilson front and center in a deliciously tense restaurant scene — a waiter lifts a serving dome to reveal not dinner but a loaded revolver hidden on the tray, while a suave man and an elegantly dressed woman at the table ask if their order is ready. The cover tagline "Steve Wilson — Underworld Decoy!" sets the tone perfectly, and cover artist Gil Kane (inked by Joe Giella) wrings every drop of noir tension out of the moment. Inside, John Broome and Manny Stallman deliver "The Diamonds of Peril!" — a fine ten-cent slice of mid-50s crime comics at their sharpest.