Public Enemies #5

When a trapper is found shot dead on the Mackenzie River with his furs stolen, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and a bush pilot launch an investigation that leads them to a pair of suspicious brothers running a remote trap line. As they close in on the killers, a desperate fight erupts and one suspect escapes into the frozen wilderness—forcing Tom to pursue him downriver by canoe before the murderer can vanish into the northern frontier.

Freddy the Cat, Miami's most elusive thief, slips through the city on daring heists that have baffled every police trap—until he spots a young woman at a criminology class and decides she'll make the perfect cover for his next scheme. When he romances her and proposes marriage, he has no idea she's about to uncover his true identity, setting the stage for a collision between love and the law.

When a cop catches Spike scaling a building at night, the second-story man claims he's there for romance—not robbery—eager to elope with his sweetheart waiting upstairs. But once his girl appears and the reality of their plans sets in, Spike's ready to accept his fate with a wry twist in this quick 1948 comic caper.

Roy Webb is a notorious criminal on the run and desperate for cash—so desperate he'll risk everything on a gas-station robbery, unaware that the small crime will expose something far bigger than himself. A tense five-page crime tale where a fugitive's petty heist unravels into an ironic trap, proving that no matter how ruthless a "big time" crook thinks he is, fate has a way of catching up.

"Fancy" Flanagan and a jeweler named Krumbles cook up an insurance scheme—stage a robbery, split the payout, and everyone walks away rich. But when greed and distrust start poisoning the partnership, Krumbles decides to solve his problem permanently, setting in motion a chain of betrayals that will trap them all.

Tod Williams tries to leave his criminal past behind with a new job at a trucking terminal in Toledo, but the underworld won't let him go—gangster "Lucky" Silvers pressures him into a hijacking scheme, using threats against Tod's girlfriend Trixie as leverage. When Tod realizes he's being set up, he turns to the law to prove he's truly gone straight and expose Silvers' frame.