Crime and Punishment #9

Vic and Pat Colby are ambitious mobsters caught in the brutal world of Prohibition-era racketeering, where they attempt to climb the criminal ladder through violence and betrayal—only to discover that the underworld's promises of loyalty are as hollow as its code of honor. This true crime tale follows the Colby brothers as their ambitions collide with the treacherous nature of gangland itself, where a man's word means nothing and a knife in the back is always waiting.

Evans Healey starts as a weak, debt-ridden man who dreams of easy money and a fresh start—so when a woman says yes to his proposal of elopement and marriage, he sees his chance at a new life heading north with his new bride. But that escape plan crumbles fast when desperation and a chance encounter turn him toward crime, launching a violent spree across two states that spirals beyond his control. Penciled and inked by A. L. Borth, this hard-hitting true-crime tale tracks how one man's cowardice and foolish choices lead him down a path he can't return from.

Stanley Flint and his brother-in-law Steve Parker, both skilled welders at a wartime shipyard, devise a scheme to use their expertise with cutting torches to crack open bank safes and strike it rich. When their first heist goes dangerously wrong during a second robbery, the two find themselves entangled in circumstances far more deadly than either anticipated. A true crime story from 1948 that shows how greed and desperation can spiral into tragedy.

Norma Ford arrives in town for a college football game and dance, only to hitch a ride with Bennet Shields and Ted Miller—two men with murder on their minds. When her brother Eddie becomes their victim, Norma manages to escape and alert the authorities, setting off a desperate manhunt across the snowy countryside as the fugitives hole up and hold hostages in their attempt to evade capture.