Crime and Justice #21

Nov 1954 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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"Road Pirates" tells of ruthless criminals operating a truck loaded with killers on a deadly highway mission, engaging in violent confrontations with other vehicles. The story follows a crime boss named Al Fendrick, a longtime racketeer whose compulsive urge to commit robbery—stemming from a traumatic incident twenty years prior—has been triggered by discovering a corpse and finding match-books in his pocket. When a sheriff pursues Fendrick to a house he is using as a hideout, the confrontation reveals a connection to an old crime: the sheriff had used the building as a wage house for narcotics years ago, and the body inside is linked to a man named Donovan from that era.

Contains 4 stories

The $64,000 Question

7 pp

Road Pirates

5 pp

Finale for Fingers

6 pp

Al Fendrick has clawed his way to the top of the underworld racket, but a nervous habit born from his first killing twenty years ago—compulsive trembling fingers that betray his guilt—threatens to unravel everything when the brother of a recent victim shows up with a gun and vengeance on his mind. Trapped in his own home during a poker game with his men, Fendrick must navigate a deadly game of wits while his hands betray the fear that's haunted him since that first night on the street.

Scene of the Crime

6 pp

A writer renting the notorious Donovan House for inspiration finds himself caught in a deadly mystery when the Narcotics Squad arrives to investigate an old murder and smuggled opium—only to discover fresh bodies piling up inside. As a killer stalks the halls determined to silence anyone who learns the house's dark secrets, a detective and the Sheriff must set a trap to stop the murderer before dawn.