Fight against Crime #10
In "The Con's Revenge," a 1952 10-cent comic, former employee Walt Dawson returns from five years of hard labor with a deadly score to settle—only to find his target, hardware store owner Jasper Rupert, already dead. The story unfolds with tense precision, following Dawson’s vengeful return and the tragic chain of events that follow, all drawn with sharp, expressive detail by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. The cover by Bill Fraccio captures the grim atmosphere with a stark, dramatic image of Dawson’s final moments.
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Jasper Rupert runs a hardware store. When his employee, Walt Dawson, tries to steal money out of the cash register, he is caught in the act by Rupert and handed over to the police. Dawson is sentenced to five years of hard labor. When he gets out, he plans on killing Rupert. Dawson kills the wrong man and is shot dead by the police.
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