Crime Does Not Pay #87

Meet Chip Gardner, a hard-boiled private eye who takes on a mysterious job from a criminal lawyer named Rufus Kruger—all he has to do is whistle "Rock-a-Bye Baby" at Union Station, collect a package, and wait for instructions. What starts as an easy payday spirals into danger when a sultry blonde, a ruthless gambler, and a couple of trigger-happy thugs all converge on the same prize, forcing Gardner to navigate a web of deception to stay alive and figure out what's really at stake.

When a husband and wife team operate the perfect extortion racket, preying on the secrets and weaknesses of their marks, it takes a breaking point to finally expose their cruelty—and Mr. and Mrs. Slade have pushed too many innocent people to their limits. This hard-hitting tale from Crime Does Not Pay #87 shows how blackmail and intimidation can turn victims into witnesses, and how the Slades' own greed may be the undoing of their criminal empire.

Arthur Champion, a decorated citizen detective, receives a desperate plea from a young employee: the escaped convict Joe Visco is blackmailing Danny Albert over his past, threatening to expose him unless payment arrives at a mysterious postal box. Champion decides to stake out Box 777 and uncover the operation—but what he discovers about who's actually collecting the mail sets him on a dangerous collision course with a cunning criminal.