Lawbreakers Always Lose

A short-lived but energetic Marvel crime title from the late 1940s, Lawbreakers Always Lose delivered ten issues of pulpy, hard-boiled justice between 1948 and 1949. The series leaned heavily on the talents of artists Mike Sekowsky, Bill Walton, and a young Gene Colan, whose moody, shadow-drenched visuals gave the stories a noir edge. It stands as a snapshot of Marvel's early forays into crime comics, a genre that would soon be reshaped by the industry's shifting moral codes.