Crime Detective Comics #10

When a small-time crook named Johnny Morrell muscles in on a rival's territory back in the Midwest, he finds himself hunted relentlessly by Big Mike and forced to flee the country entirely. His desperate flight takes him to the remote jungles of South America, where he discovers a thriving poison trade run by a mysterious chief—and sees a chance to turn his criminal instincts to new profit. But in a jungle where every shortcut has teeth, Morrell's greed may finally catch up with him in ways the city never could.

Marty Shayne, a social misfit working as a stock clerk at an interior decorator's shop, dreams of joining the criminal underworld—a fantasy that takes a dangerous turn when he's sent to deliver fabric samples to racket king Nicky Lucas. When Lucas discovers Marty is color blind, mistaking all the materials for the same shade, an unexpected scuffle earns him a job in the gang, complete with a loaded gun and his first real assignment. But Marty's disability becomes a liability when Lucas orders him to eliminate a public investigator identified only by the color of his clothing, setting the desperate young criminal on a collision course with his own ambitions.

A man dies in a robbery gone wrong while pursuing a priceless Stradivarius violin—but the discovery of what he actually stole reveals a bitter truth about ambition and self-deception. Heinrich Wendel and his daughter Ilse must confront the tragic reality behind the crime that claimed a life. In this 1949 crime tale, a dream of musical greatness collides with the unforgiving facts of talent and worth.

Willie Brown's unremarkable appearance has made him a ghost his whole life—nobody notices him, which proves the perfect cover when he turns to safecracking and theft in 1928 New York. After a bungled job lands him in Sing Sing, "Invisible" Willie emerges with a refined system: hit safes partially, leave no trace, and let suspicion fall on insiders instead. Now the police are closing in, and Willie's greatest strength—his invisibility—may finally become his undoing.