Crime Cases Comics #8

From the Atlas/Marvel crime comics era of 1951, this issue of Crime Cases Comics delivers pulse-pounding tension right on its cover — penciled by Sol Brodsky and inked by Christopher Rule — where a sharp-dressed gangster has a frightened man by the collar while a second tough looks on and police officers close in through the background doorway. The banner proclaims "True Police Cases Proving Crime Can't Win," and the featured story, "The Victim," centers on gangster "Monk" Farney, with additional cases including "The Last Day of Growler Erce" and "The Big Blast!" promising a full anthology of hard-boiled justice. At a dime a copy, this was exactly the kind of gripping crime drama that made the genre a staple of early 1950s newsstands.