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Racket Squad in Action #29 (1958)

Charlton · 1958 · 68 pages

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Contains 10 stories
The Big Pay-Off
8 pp · crime

Stock broker Ross Gibbon peddles Black Diamond Oil shares around town as a risky investment—but when a smooth-talking stranger named Marion Sells begins quietly buying up all the certificates at inflated prices, Inspector Mellen of the Racket Squad smells a con. As the detective works to connect the dots between Gibbon, Sells, and a growing list of eager townspeople, he closes in on a scheme designed to separate ordinary citizens from their money.

Thieves' Thief!
5 pp · crime

Detective Jim Fanning suspects that Okie Boyd, a known criminal living high without visible work, is running a shakedown racket against the city's bookies and gamblers—men too compromised to report their losses to the police. When Fanning finally witnesses Boyd attempting to rob a gambler leaving a card game, he moves in to break the scheme and ensure his victims find the courage to testify. It's a clever cat-and-mouse game where the real crime isn't just the theft, but the silence that enables it.

Stake-Out
4 pp · crime

Detective Dane Renaldi gets his shot at real police work when he's assigned to the Safe and Loft Squad with veteran Detective Sam Koenig, only to discover that the job mostly means long hours staking out buildings and waiting for suspects to make their move. After twelve days of watching a furrier's warehouse, Renaldi and Koenig finally spot their target—the career criminal James L. Weber and his accomplice—making their play. When the moment comes, Renaldi learns that patience and vigilance are the unglamorous but essential tools of the detective trade.

The Old Switcheroo
5 pp · crime
The Friendly Game
7 pp · crime

Dr. Johann Gerlick, a polished confidence man with a talent for crooked gambling schemes, arrives in town with a plan to blackmail wealthy victims into a high-stakes poker game—but Sergeant John Pedlar of the Racket Squad is determined to stop him before Gerlick can disappear with his winnings. When Pedlar goes undercover at a victim's home and discovers the blackmail documents before the game begins, he forces a confrontation that could finally put the elusive swindler away for good.

Glamor Boy
6 pp · crime

Patrolman Jim Donovan dreamed of action in the bright lights of Midtown until he got his assignment: go undercover as a playboy to infiltrate the nightclub crowd and catch a jewel robbery ring targeting wealthy socialites. As Donovan mingles with the elite and spots a suspicious driver named Channing Drake, he'll have to keep his cover intact long enough to bring down the operation—but a premature confrontation threatens to expose him before the real job is done.

A Little Guilty
5 pp · crime

Homer Crane gets caught up in a crooked card game and cheating scheme, but when violence erupts and a man goes down, he finds himself entangled with criminals who use his guilt as leverage for blackmail. As the demands for money escalate and threaten to destroy his life, Homer must finally decide whether to come clean to the authorities or keep sinking deeper into their trap. This 1958 Racket Squad tale explores how fear and complicity can make an innocent bystander the perfect victim.

The Model Victim
2 pp · crime

Vincent Crawford of the Royal Modeling Agency approaches a young woman named Natalie Wardman with promises of a glamorous modeling career—and her father, eager for his daughter's success, pays the substantial initial fee. But Natalie is no ordinary hopeful model: she's actually a policewoman working undercover with the Racket Squad to trap the con man behind this scheme. When the fake agent returns with his pitch, the trap springs shut.

In the Camera's Eye
5 pp · crime

Rookie cop Bill Odlum combines his passion for photography with police work, snapping pictures of spectators at a series of fires rather than the blazes themselves—and spots a suspicious figure appearing in crowd after crowd. When Odlum notices the man wearing a high school society pin, he uses that small detail to narrow his search through old yearbooks, uncovering the identity of the arsonist who thought he'd blend in with the crowd. Sharp eyes and a camera prove to be the perfect tools to bring a firebug to justice.

Sorehead
7 pp · crime

Detectives Joe Pride and Hank O'Hare catch a robbery call at a Hill Section apartment—but when they arrive, the victim, a man named Penn, can't account for anything missing except the guts of his prized hi-fi set. Suspecting a cover-up, the cops dig deeper into Penn's life and stakeout his building, only to catch a surprising intruder red-handed on the balcony one evening. What unfolds is a case where the real motive has nothing to do with theft, and everything to do with a neighbor's frayed nerves.

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