Crime Patrol #7
In "The Field-Marshal of Murder!", Crime goes undercover as the outlaw Trigger Hancock to infiltrate a ruthless gang led by the elusive Grimmler, who's hiding in a foreign nation with a network of loyal thugs. With a daring plan to lure Grimmler into a trap, Crime uses his alias to gain the criminal's trust—only to turn the tables when the gang sets its sights on Fort Knox. Johnny Craig’s dynamic art and Jim Wroten’s crisp lettering bring this 1948 EC thriller to life, with Craig’s cover pencils and inks capturing the story’s high-stakes tension.
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Crime first ran into Grimmler in the Balkans, but the criminal had friends in this nation who hid, fed and clothed him, and was surrounded by a gang of cutthroats and bandits. In order to battle Grimmler, Crime establishes an alias of Trigger Hancock and challenges Grimmler with his own gang. When Grimmler decides to put Hancock in his own gang, and proposes they take Fort Knox. Hancock readily agrees, but Grimmler doesn't know it is a carefully designed trap to catch him.
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