Dynamic Comics #23

Red O'Leary, a massive and fearsome career criminal, is cornered by police while cracking a safe and forced to flee across the rooftops of the city. After a daring escape and a year abroad with his wife Molly, Red returns to face trial—only to slip through the legal system's grasp with the help of expensive lawyers. But on a night celebrating his acquittal with pals like "Butch" McCarthy and Billy Train, a moment of drunken celebration takes an unexpected and violent turn. A crime story that proves sometimes the scales of justice balance in ways no courtroom can predict.

When Arthur Banta receives a mysterious phone call at the Elks' Club, he's drawn into a dangerous scheme involving blackmail and money that quickly spirals into violence among criminals. Pug and Slinky each pursue their own ruthless agendas—eliminating rivals and seizing the payoff for themselves—as three lives hang in the balance. In this true crime tale, greed and betrayal collide on a deadly collision course, and only one will walk away.

Timothy Trent investigates the murder of manufacturer Oliver R. Merideth, shot with a .38 automatic and left slumped in his car outside his apartment building. When a suspicious witness named Neilson claims a mysterious "William Smith" helped carry the body inside, Trent's instincts kick in—and a trip to Neilson's cellar reveals the real killer was hiding the evidence all along. A taut six-page mystery where a detective's sharp eye for detail cracks the case wide open.