Crime Must Pay the Penalty #37

Four ambitious brothers—Tony, Angelo, Mike, and Jimmy—decide Chicago's booze racket is theirs for the taking in 1922, muscling their way into the alcohol trade with homemade stills, brutal coercion, and a ruthlessness that even rivals the established mob boss Klondike Myles. As the Genna name spreads terror through speakeasy owners and slum dwellers alike, their violent climb toward power sets them on a collision course with forces determined to stop them. This tale from *Crime Must Pay the Penalty* #37 charts the rise of four thugs who treat the city like a shooting gallery—where everything and everyone is fair game.

In 1925 Southern Illinois, Charlie Birger rules his criminal empire from Shady Rest until a bitter power struggle erupts when the Shelton brothers defy his authority. What begins as a tense confrontation spirals into an escalating war of ambushes, bombings, and brutal retaliation that tears through the region. When the violence threatens to destroy everything, Birger makes a desperate move that could change the course of the entire conflict.

When Mary Fenner joins her husband's criminal gang in San Francisco, she quickly proves herself the ruthless brains of the operation—orchestrating a daring mail train robbery, a bank heist, and a $50,000 payroll hijacking that leaves law enforcement scrambling for answers. As the gang's string of violent crimes grows bolder, a determined detective begins methodically tracking the clues that might finally bring Frisco Mary and her murderous crew to justice. Will the gang's luck hold, or has Mary's reign of terror finally caught the attention of someone who can stop her?