Crime and Justice #14

The cover of Crime and Justice #14 pulls no punches — literally — as a sharp-dressed man in a blue suit lands a thundering right hook on a heavyset figure while a speech bubble declares, "You're not killing anyone, Korin! Two murdered girls are enough!" A third man lurks nervously to the left, the room's furniture scattering in the chaos, all rendered with crisp, kinetic energy by cover artist Lou Morales. This 1953 Capitol/Charlton ten-cent thriller, tied to the story "Bait for a Killer," captures the hard-edged drama that made mid-century crime comics such a gripping read.