Gangsters Can't Win #5

Name: Gangsters Can't Win #5
Brand: D.S. Publishing

Oct 1948 · D.S. Publishing · 0.10 USD

“Dead Men Don't Drown”

"Dead Men Don't Drown" delivers a sharp, noir-tinged mystery in Gangsters Can't Win #5, a 1948 D.S. Publishing gem. When valuable diamonds and gold mine stock vanish from the safe of widow Mrs. Van Upgraff, her stepson Walter Van Upgraff is framed—only for Lieutenant Tim Allen to uncover the truth. Al Camy’s moody interior art brings the 1948 crime drama to life, while Louis Schroeder’s cover pencils and inks capture the tension with a striking, shadowed portrait of a man on the edge.

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artist Al Camy · cover Louis Schroeder

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artist Al Camy

cover pencils, inks Louis Schroeder

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Valuable diamonds and newly valuable gold mine stock are stolen from the safe of formerly wealthy widow, Mrs. Van Upgraff. Stepson Walter Van Upgraff is convicted of the crime, but Lieutenant Tim Allen exonerates him.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).