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Cover: Dick Giordano & Vince Alascia
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This Is Suspense #25

Jun 1955 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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This is an anthology issue containing multiple stories. "Cops 'n' Robbers" is a humorous short about two escaped convicts who encounter a police officer; their interaction plays on the classic good-guy versus criminal dynamic through comedic misunderstandings. Another story follows a gambler whose luck changes after a supernatural encounter—he discovers a mysterious hand that appears in a photograph, and when he plays cards using the hand's guidance, he wins a fortune, only to face an eerie supernatural twist. A third story features a mysterious masked man and a young girl named Diana caught in a suspenseful situation involving kidnapping and games of captivity, culminating in an ambiguous, dramatic resolution about the nature of their predicament.

Contains 7 stories
Deep Death
7 pp · Adventure

When a newly built submarine called the Seaserf suffers a catastrophic flooding accident during a trial dive, thirty-five men find themselves trapped on the ocean floor 250 feet below the surface with dwindling air and hope running thin. As Navy divers race against time to establish contact and mount a desperate rescue operation, the fate of the crew depends on their skill, courage, and the experimental escape equipment being lowered into the abyss. Pete Morisi delivers a gripping tale of survival where every tap of a hammer and every breath of air becomes a battle against the deep.

Cops 'n' Robbers
1 pp · Humor

A cop and a robber find themselves stuck together during a rainy day, and what starts as an uneasy situation quickly spirals into comedic chaos as their conflicting worlds collide. This 1955 humor piece plays on the classic cat-and-mouse dynamic with a twist that'll have you grinning at how things unfold between these two unlikely characters.

Fingerprints Don't Lie!
2 pp · Crime

When a priceless diamond vanishes from a triple-locked Chicago hotel room in the dead of night, the police face what seems like an impossible heist—until a sharp-eyed lieutenant spots an overlooked detail that cracks the case wide open. "Fingerprints Don't Lie!" follows the detective bureau's swift hunt through the city's underworld, as they close in on the criminals responsible for the audacious theft. Evidence and cunning interrogation work together to expose how the seemingly impenetrable crime was actually pulled off.

The March of Crime
1 pp · Humor
Optimistic Oscar
0.5 pp · Humor

Optimistic Oscar spots a hair restorer tonic and decides it's just what he needs to reclaim his lost locks—so confident in the product that he takes his optimism to its logical extreme with a few purchases that might be getting ahead of himself.

What Would You Do?
4 pp · Crime

Dick Vance is a desperate gambler chasing his next lucky break when he gets word of a high-stakes game at the Hotel Paxton—and for once, the cards seem to fall his way, giving him a winning hand in a massive pot. But when his opponent slowly removes his gloves to reveal a muscular hand with an unusual ring, Dick is jolted by a memory: the same hand from a vivid dream that haunted him the night before. Now he faces an impossible choice: call the bet and risk whatever mysterious fate the dream might foretell, or fold and walk away with nothing.

The Loot
9 pp · Crime

Detective Johnny Trent is hot on the trail of two dangerous fugitives, Goose Meyers and the Cracker, and manages to board the same train they're escaping on—only to overhear a horrifying plan: they've planted a time bomb set to detonate as the train crosses a treacherous trestle, all so they can rob half a million dollars in gold from the express car afterward. Tied up and gagged in a compartment with the clock ticking toward three-fifteen, Trent finds himself in a desperate race against time to stop the catastrophe before innocent passengers are killed.

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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $183*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $153*
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Full credits

artist, inker Pete Morisi
cover pencils Dick Giordano
cover inks Vince Alascia

Reprints

↩ Reprints Famous Crimes #19 (1950), Nyoka the Jungle Girl #55 (1951), Danger #2 (1953)

Reprinted in Not Approved Crime #1 (1998), Special Collection #5 (2001)

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