Crime Does Not Pay #119

This February 1953 issue of Lev Gleason's long-running true-crime series puts the spotlight on Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, whose photo-inset portrait is captioned "He Was Really Mad!" The cover scene crackles with roadside chaos — a man in a blue suit reeling over a red car's hood, figures grappling near a dark sedan, and speech bubbles warning "Look out, boys! It's Mad Dog Coll!" while a shooter coolly quips "From now on, I'm Glad Dog Coll!" Promising "America's Best Crime Stories," this installment of "Mad Dog Coll, the Mad Gunman" delivers the pulpy, ripped-from-the-headlines drama that kept Crime Does Not Pay one of the most talked-about titles of its era.