Popular Comics #131
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "There's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity... Then Again...", bank employee Sam Slater becomes an unwitting pawn when he tips off the notorious Kingpin Talhoun about a $500,000 payroll shipment. When Talhoun's gang derails the train and kills a state trooper, Inspector Blake and his assistant Sneed launch a manhunt, suspecting an inside informant—narrowing in on Slater. As the net tightens, Slater is silenced in a brutal drive-by, setting off a final, bloody confrontation that brings Talhoun and his gang to a grim end. A tense, early crime thriller from 1947, this story stands out for its sharp pacing and moral ambiguity, all rendered in the distinctive style of the Western Publishing Production Shop's color work.
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Bank employee Sam Slater provides Kingpin Talhoun with information that a $500,000 payroll is to be shipped by train. Talhoun's gang derail the train, make off with the payroll, and murder an intervening state trooper in the process. Inspector Blake and his assistant Sneed suspect Talhoun had an accomplice inside the bank and proceed to interview all of the bank's employees - settling on Sam Slater as their man. As the cops close in on Slater, Talhoun has him murdered in a drive-by shooting. In the subsequence police chase, Talhoun and his thugs meet a grizzly end.
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