Police Comics #119

Ken Shannon thought a simple jewelry theft case would be easy money, but when a former convict and a nervous gem salesman turn up at the same house, the private eye finds himself caught in the middle of something far more dangerous than a missing pin. With emeralds, old grudges, and mysterious out-of-town goons all converging under one roof, Shannon's about to discover that some cases come with a price much higher than his fee.

Inspector Marty Denver investigates a baffling murder: why would anyone kill a prominent businessman just to steal his shoes, leaving behind cash and jewelry? When Denver discovers a pattern of shoe thefts across the city, he and Officer Cassidy launch an unconventional stakeout aboard a train from Canada, determined to catch the mysterious thief and uncover what makes those shoes so valuable. This puzzler will keep you guessing until Denver finally pieces together the truth at police headquarters.

T-Man Pete Trask goes undercover in the French Foreign Legion to expose a saboteur stirring up trouble between the legion and local Arab tribes in French Morocco. When Pete discovers that Ivan Petrov, a suspected Red agent, is plotting to betray Fort Bakir to Sheik El Jahid, he must race against time to warn the garrison before the attack begins. Blood spills on the Sahara sands as Pete fights to stop the conspiracy and save his fellow legionnaires.

When elderly Henry Brooks is found shot in his apartment, Detective Alan Sykes suspects suicide—until he questions the dead man's nephew, James Brooks, about discovering the body. As the detective pokes holes in the nephew's account of events, he zeros in on a crucial detail that transforms this case from tragedy into murder, setting him on the trail of the real culprit.

Mike Carey, a former Marine turned rookie cop at Precinct Station 45, stumbles onto a clever car theft ring while investigating what seems like a routine accident—a wrecked vehicle that impossibly reappears on the streets days later with an identical license plate. Sensing something phony about the setup, Mike stakes out the Branden Garage and uncovers an operation that uses crashed cars as cover, stealing matching vehicles and swapping their paperwork to sell them off clean. Alone in the garage, Mike confronts the crooks and fights to take them down, proving that sometimes good old-fashioned police work and courage are enough to crack a case wide open.