True Crime Comics #3

Benny Dickson appears to have it all—a refined education, cultured tastes, and a promising future—but beneath that polished surface lurks a ruthless criminal mind that will stop at nothing. When this "plundering poet" and his accomplice Stella embark on a brazen crime spree across the Midwest, the F.B.I. and local police find themselves in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game to bring them down. This tale from True Crime Comics shows how a man of contradictions became one of the nation's most elusive outlaws.

A small-town punk named Adolph Berg dreams of becoming a big shot, but his schemes for quick money and easy romance keep falling flat—until he gets tangled up with a married man and his mistress in a plan far darker than Berg bargained for. When the dust settles, Berg finds himself on the run from the law, leaving a trail of evidence that dooms his co-conspirators while he slips away—but the long arm of justice is patient. This six-page crime story from 1948 shows how one foolish decision can unravel the lives of everyone involved.

A cunning highwayman known as the Black Spade terrorizes Boston drivers with sudden armed robberies, leaving his trademark ace of spade playing card at each crime scene while evading police dragnet after dragnet. But as his crimes escalate and his arrogance grows, there's one pursuer he can't outrun—his own conscience, which haunts him relentlessly through every waking moment and tormented night. This gripping tale from True Crime Comics shows how even the cleverest criminal can't escape the reckoning that comes from within.

In the Canadian Rockies of 1921, Constable Stevie Lawson is killed during a gunfight with smugglers, and the ruthless crime boss known as "Emperor Pic" and his daughter mistakenly believe their son Lefty was responsible—driving them to murder the Mountie in cold blood. Sergeant Robert Scott and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police launch a swift investigation to track down the killers and bring them to justice. When the truth about Lefty's fate emerges, it's far too late for "Emperor Pic" and his family to escape the consequences of their deadly mistake.