Gang Busters #56

This March 1957 DC crime title delivers a wonderfully ironic cover by Leonard Starr: a well-dressed older man and a boyish, bow-tied young man stroll confidently through a prison cellblock, while inmates behind bars grumble that this so-called "high school kid" is actually the sharp detective who put half of them away. The tagline "You Can't Beat the Law!" pairs perfectly with the prisoners' grudging recognition, and the feature blurb promises more with "The Baby-Faced Detective." Inside, Howard Purcell brings the same hard-boiled world to life in "The Cop with Two Lives" — all for a dime.