Crime Can't Win #8

This Atlas crime anthology from 1951 promises readers "America's Most Dangerous Criminals... Trapped!" — and the cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule wastes no time delivering the tension. The main scene shows a sharply dressed man tumbling headfirst off a rooftop ledge at night while two figures in a tuxedo and suit look on, debating the whereabouts of a missing criminal named Pete Angelo against a moody cityscape backdrop. Smaller vignette panels tease additional stories — "The Man Who Quit!", "Life Sentence!", and "Clip Joint!" — rounding out what looks like a thoroughly gripping night in the crime comics genre, anchored by the lead feature "Gang War!" and its promise of an authenticated account of 1928 Midwest mob violence.