Gang Busters #52

Two fighters square off in a near-empty boxing arena on Ruben Moreira's cover, where one man reveals through his thought balloon that he's actually a lawman who must knock out his opponent to arrest him for murder — a tense wrinkle that reframes the whole bout. DC's long-running crime series, billed as "Brand-New Adventures of TV and Radio's Favorite," promises the featured story "The Prizefight the Fans Never Saw!" alongside interior art by Howard Purcell. At a dime a copy in 1956, Gang Busters #52 delivers that dependable mix of streetwise tension and procedural drama the title had made its signature.