Crime Can't Win #7

From 1951, this tenth-of-a-dollar crime anthology delivers exactly the tough-justice drama the title promises. The cover, illustrated and inked by Bill La Cava, drops readers into a tense rooftop confrontation — a determined D.A. pointing his finger at a smirking gangster in a yellow hat while a man lies unconscious at their feet and flames rage in the background, with dialogue that makes the stakes unmistakably clear. Inside, stories including "The Man Who Broke the Mob," a prison escape tale, and an F.B.I. case round out a lineup built around the premise that America's most dangerous criminals always get caught.