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Underworld Crime #1

Jun 1952 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD
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# The Crime Army A crime syndicate orchestrates an elaborate military-style operation using armored cars and organized troops to conduct coordinated bank robberies across the city. When a cop named Connally is killed during a holdup attempt, detective Jim Connally pursues the murderer Joey, who attempts to flee and eventually escape by boat to Central America. The story follows the criminal organization's planned heists, including a scheme involving a pigeon messenger and a final bank robbery at the Bank of Orangetown, with the criminals attempting to evade capture while law enforcement closes in on their operation.

Contains 3 stories
The Army of Crime
12 pp · Crime
Joey SavageWalter Model (picture)BardoSlickHarteRobbins

Joey Savage, a small-time crook with an obsession for military strategy, hatches an audacious plan to pull off the biggest heist in criminal history—using Nazi General Modell's battle tactics as his blueprint. He recruits a hundred-man army of criminals, forges military credentials, and orchestrates a daring scheme to strike three banks simultaneously with stolen U.S. Army equipment. As Joey and his crew execute the dangerous early stages of their operation, they're about to discover whether borrowed genius from the battlefield translates to the underworld.

The Punk
10 pp · Crime
Joey Link [The Punk]Big Jim ConnallyDaveLittle NickDanBern ConnallyGomasLoka

Joey Link, a small-time crook with big dreams of underworld fame, commits a desperate crime that forces him to flee the country—but even in the jungles of Central America, his violent ambitions and criminal nature catch up with him. Written and illustrated across ten pages of raw 1952 crime drama, "The Punk" traces Joey's descent from petty holdup artist to cop killer to fugitive schemer, showing how desperation and brutality lead only to a fate as dark as his crimes.

White Birds of Death!
8 pp · Crime
Matt TupperJoeChuckEdDick TurnerTim (dog)Will ParsonMrs. TurnerCollierCharlie HalwukMacDavey Turner

Matt Tupper and four fellow escapees from a Florida chain gang become the notorious "Shotgun Gang" in 1942, using homing pigeons to coordinate robberies and murders across the state. When they rob the Bank of Orange and hideout in a remote sink hole, a hunting dog named Tim inadvertently discovers their location—setting off a deadly chain of events. This 1952 crime tale captures the gang's ruthless ascent and the unexpected threat that could unravel their carefully orchestrated criminal empire.

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Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $446
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $21,513*
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $13,763*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $6,130*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $2,239*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $1,365*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $1,298*
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $1,109*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $963*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $858*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $524*
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Edd Ashe

Reprints

Reprinted in Strange Suspense Stories #22 (1954), Zombie #9 (1961), Mystic #40 (1963), Mystic #43 (1964), Spellbound #43 (1964), Detective Comic #1, Gwandanaland Comics #1269

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