Police Comics #118

This August 1952 issue of Quality Comics' Police Comics promises exactly what the tagline delivers — suspense, mystery, and raw-knuckled intrigue — spotlighting Ken Shannon in "The Case of the Absent Corpse." The cover by Reed Crandall (pencils) and Chuck Cuidera (inks) pulls no punches: a white-shirted man battles furiously against multiple assailants in a darkened room, with knives, a revolver, and a raised club all in terrifying play at once. It's a beautifully rendered, high-tension scene that captures mid-century crime comics at their most visceral, with interior work by writer Bill Woolfolk and artist Reed Crandall waiting inside.