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Headline Comics #62 (1949)

Prize · 1949 · 37 pages

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This anthology issue presents three true crime stories adapted for comics. "Sheriff Kidnapped" recounts Navy Chief Petty Officer Tom Harland's capture of a murderer who shot Connecticut State Trooper Show, and the subsequent kidnapping of Sheriff Arnold Snell by criminals Henry Roke and Bill Downe in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. "Many-Faced Man" chronicles the arrest of Detroit con artist Den Vorbet, who fraudulently obtained welfare checks and credit under false identities for over ten years. A third story follows two criminals orchestrating an insurance fraud scheme involving an automobile death, leading to their confrontation with law enforcement and ultimate capture.

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