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In "It Rhymes with Lust," journalist Hal Weber returns to Copper City after the death of mining magnate Arthur "Buck" Masson, drawn back by his old flame Rust and her mysterious hold over the city’s power structure. As editor of the defiantly anti-Masson paper The Express, Hal finds himself entangled in a web of loyalty, desire, and danger, torn between Rust and her stepdaughter Audrey while the town itself seems to simmer with unrest. With art by Matt Baker and inks by Ray Osrin, this 1950 story crackles with noir tension and moral complexity, all rendered in the stark, expressive style that defined the era.