Gang Busters #60

DC's long-running crime anthology reaches issue #60 with a cover by Ruben Moreira that perfectly captures the cat-and-mouse tension of 1957 crime comics. A smug prisoner grips the bars of his cell, taunting a stone-faced warden while clutching a Daily Journal headline screaming "Safe Robbery Nets $20,000" — the message being that a locked cell hasn't slowed this safe-cracker down one bit. The feature story, "The Prison Safe-Cracker," promises the kind of tough, street-level crime drama that made Gang Busters a staple of the era, and a free ice cream coupon on the cover is a charming reminder of comics as genuine all-ages entertainment.