Police Comics #126

Quality Comics' long-running anthology of suspense, mystery, and intrigue reaches issue #126 with a cover — penciled by Reed Crandall and inked by Chuck Cuidera — that pulls no punches: crime-busting private eye Ken Shannon lunges from a doorway, gun drawn, as a body lies sprawled on the rain-slicked street and a dark sedan speeds away into the night. The story's title, "Hit-and-Run Murders," is right there on the cover, and the sharp yellow palette and crackling street-level tension make it easy to see why Police Comics billed itself as tops in suspense, mystery, adventure, and intrigue.