Underworld Crime #4

This fourth issue of Fawcett's hard-boiled crime anthology puts the chaos right in your face: a P.D. police helicopter swoops low over a city skyline while gunfire crackles between its officer and a scramble of desperate criminals on the docks below — a money bag, a prone figure, and drawn pistols all caught in one breathless moment. Bernard Baily's cover art delivers the gritty tension of early '50s crime comics with real conviction, packing the composition full of hats, fists, and muzzle flash. Featuring "Death on the Docks!" — the title alone tells you this issue means business.