Racket Squad in Action #6

A tense clandestine exchange anchors Frank Frollo's cover for this 1953 Charlton crime comic — a sharp-suited man passes what appears to be cash or ransom money to a shadowy figure in the foreground, while suited men converge in the darkened background near a house. The cover promises "a new and cunning version of… The Kidnap Racket," and Frollo's shadowy, atmospheric linework does a fine job setting up that air of urban menace. Racket Squad in Action was doing the crime genre proud in 1953, and this issue looks like a solid entry in the series.