Crime and Punishment #41

A barn-loft standoff crackles across Charles Biro's cover for this August 1951 entry in Lev Gleason's Crime and Punishment "Illustories" series. A desperate fugitive crouches hidden beside a haystack, clutching a pistol while searchers close in — one man swings a weapon overhead, another peers down from a loft ladder, and the tense speech bubbles make it clear nobody suspects what's buried in that hay. Packed with three complete "True Criminal Case Histories" — "Mission: Get 'Em," "The Cop from Hell's Kitchen," and "Flight from Fury" — this 52-page full-size issue delivers a satisfying stack of hard-boiled storytelling for a single dime.