Police Line-Up #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freePolice Line-Up #1 is an anthology crime comic featuring at least two stories. The first follows a fleeing criminal who eludes a police officer at a tavern and escapes into the night with two accomplices, Irene and Glen, eventually leading to a car chase and confrontation with law enforcement. The second story involves international intrigue as a pilot and female passenger flee across borders with mysterious plans, eventually landing in England where authorities confront them about their dangerous scheme.
Special Agent Potter invites you to follow the bloody trail of Andy "Squint" Sheridan, a ruthless killer who rose from East Side street punk to become one of gangland's most feared executioners—working his way up through the mob ranks until a waterfront killing catches the attention of law enforcement. With witnesses finally emerging and Potter's agents closing in, this is the true story of how a violent career built on cold-blooded ruthlessness begins to unravel.
In spring 1938, the well-liked Wally Marvin wins over his Midwestern town and especially Sally with his charm and generosity—but beneath that respectable façade lies a ruthless criminal willing to do anything to maintain his carefully constructed life. As Wally's violent crimes mount and the details of his double life begin to unravel, Detective Hall and Officer Lonergan close in on a killer who's been hiding in plain sight all along. Based on a true story, "Killer!" exposes how the most dangerous predators wear the mask of the trusted neighbor.
Irene Schroeder, a frustrated young woman tired of her dead-end life, convinces her reluctant boyfriend Glen Dague to turn to crime—launching a brutal three-week rampage of robberies and violence that carries them across multiple states. As law enforcement closes in from all directions, Irene's ruthless determination keeps them moving, but their luck grows thinner by the mile as they race toward the Mexican border in a desperate bid for freedom. This is the true story of the Keystone Hellcat and how her short, violent career reached its inevitable end.
This history traces the evolution of incendiary weaponry from ancient times to the modern battlefield, beginning with Greek-fire—a potent mixture of sulphur, naphtha, and quicklime discovered by the architect Callinicus—and following its devastating use against the Saracens through successive centuries of warfare. From the Byzantine defense of Constantinople to the Mongolian invasions across Asia and Europe, the story shows how cultures adapted this fierce technology, ultimately revealing that the flame-throwers of World War II were simply a refinement of principles perfected over more than a thousand years.
When a priceless gem sacred to a fanatic cult ends up in private eye Michael Strong's hands, he finds himself caught between Princess Iona of Sumaria, a dangerous death-worshipping organization, and a million-pound diamond that everyone wants dead or alive. From a shot fired in his office to a murderous chase across the Atlantic and through London's streets, Strong must figure out who to trust—and fast, before the Diamond of Death claims another victim.
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↩ Reprints The Saint #5 (1949)
Reprinted in The Crime Machine #1 (1971), Buried Treasure #1 (1986)
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