Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime was a short-lived Fawcett crime comic that ran for six issues from 1951 to 1952, with artist Pete Riss providing the most consistent visual identity for the series. The title followed a straightforward premise of a tough, no-nonsense protagonist battling urban crime, typical of the era's pulp-influenced adventure comics. Though brief, it stands as a modest but representative example of the crime genre's popularity in early 1950s comics, before the industry's shift toward stricter content codes.