Crime and Justice #25

This Charlton crime anthology from 1955 opens with a tense diner confrontation right on the cover — a plainclothes man in a fedora faces off with a uniformed police officer who's pointing a firm finger his way, while a nervous bystander looks on from behind. The plainclothes figure holds open a wallet displaying an FBI badge and identification card, suggesting a clash of jurisdictions that crackles with mid-century procedural drama. Cover art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia delivers sharp, confident linework that makes this ten-cent Charlton release a fine snapshot of the crime comics that defined the era.