Gang Busters #8

Based on the smash radio hit and packed with 52 pages of crime-fighting action, this 1949 DC publication drops readers right into a tense midnight raid — a law enforcement officer crouches in the foreground, pistol blazing toward a "Morit Moving Co." truck being used as cover for shady underworld figures unloading contraband at a warehouse. The cover, rendered by Dan Barry, poses the tantalizing question: "How does the underworld dispose of its loot?" — teasing the case of Victor Harker, alias "The Black Fence." Inside, writer Philip Evans and artist Nick Cardy deliver the goods with "Gun Runner — Public Enemy No. 2," proving once again that you can't beat the law.