Gang Busters #17

Adapted from radio's coast-to-coast favorite, Gang Busters #17 delivers 52 big pages of hard-boiled crime drama from DC's 1950 lineup. Nick Cardy's cover sets the scene in a rain-slicked alley where a determined officer looms over two downed criminals sprawled against a brick wall — putting a vivid face on the featured story, "Dead Man's Beat!," in which the underworld dares to claim no cop can patrol their turf. The tagline says it all: "You can't beat the law!