The Crime Machine #1

When a delivery truck driver is hijacked and loses his job, Vinnie Sherwood decides to take justice into his own hands—by becoming a hijacker himself. What begins as payback quickly spirals into a brutal protection racket that bleeds honest businesses and their drivers dry, with Vinnie using a network of ex-convicts to maintain plausible deniability while he plays the respectable businessman. But one parolee's courage to speak out sets law enforcement on a collision course with the racket king.

Tony Fango runs a powerful crime syndicate, but his grip on the underworld is tested by his brother Bud—ruthless, resentful, and determined to carve his own path. As the two brothers navigate a world of violence and betrayal, their shared past fuels a dangerous rivalry that threatens to tear their criminal empire apart.

Lester Gillis starts small—reform school, petty crime—but the innocence in his baby face masks something far more dangerous. When a bank teller's careless comment inspires him to make "Baby-Face Nelson" a name that makes people shudder, he launches into a brutal five-year crime spree that catches the attention of the FBI, leading him to a murderous partnership with another outlaw on the run. This is the rise of a killer who refuses to be forgotten, told across banks, hideouts, and a final, bloody confrontation with federal agents determined to bring him down.

Walter Legenza, a ruthless and calculating criminal mastermind, engineers a daring escape from a Virginia reformatory in 1933 alongside fellow inmates Big Bill Philips and Guy Kendrick, setting the stage for the formation of the feared Tri-State Gang. Over the following years, Legenza expands his operation from simple truck hijackings to more ambitious robberies across multiple states, building a criminal empire while keeping his associates in line through fear and cold calculation. But when a botched currency heist and a cop's bullet force the gang into hiding, cracks begin to show in Legenza's iron control—and a desperate woman's escape could prove to be the thread that unravels everything.

When crime boss George Krowl infiltrates a laundry workers' union to extort a hundred-million-dollar racket, he unleashes violence that pits gangsters against honest laborers and legitimate business. Max McCormack and a determined workforce stand their ground as Krowl's brutality escalates from intimidation to murder, forcing a violent reckoning at the waterfront and beyond. This gritty 1971 crime tale captures the raw clash between organized crime and those fighting to reclaim their livelihoods.

A crime boss runs a deadly gang that hits bars across the city, but when Detective Lieutenant Burns begins closing in—aided by sharp-eyed witnesses and a lucky break—the investigation takes a surprising turn that reveals the real mastermind was hiding in plain sight all along. Written with letters by typeset, this 1971 crime tale proves that even the most careful criminal can't account for every detail.

During Prohibition's roaring twenties, fight racketeer "Toots" Garboli and his mob muscle their way into the boxing game, intimidating managers and fixing matches to line their pockets—but when they push too hard, they catch the attention of both police and boxing officials determined to clean up the sport. As Garboli grows overconfident in his control, the authorities close in on a criminal operation built on fear and violence.