Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
In "The East Side Murders," cub reporter Jones takes on a grim assignment when seven families on the east side are brutally attacked, leaving three dead. As the Phantom Reporter, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy involving the Park Commissioner, Police Chief, and a newspaper publisher—all secretly orchestrating the violence to drive residents out and seize their property cheaply. Written by Robert Erisman and illustrated by Sam Cooper, this 70th Anniversary Special delivers a sharp, noir-tinged mystery with a biting social edge, all wrapped in a striking cover by Clint Langley.
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Cub reporter Jones is assigned a case in which seven families on the east side of town have been wantonly beaten, resulting in three deaths. He soon discovers, as the Phantom Reporter, that the Park Commissioner, Police Chief and the publisher of several newspapers were behind it all; each having vested interest in the property on the east side, and hoping that the crime wave would get people to vacate their property so they could pick it up cheaply!
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