Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime ran for five issues from 1952 through L. Miller & Son, a British publisher known for repackaging American material. The series is most associated with the artwork of Pete Riss and Carl Pfeufer, whose gritty, shadowy style defined the look of this hardboiled crime comic. Though brief, it stands as a compact, atmospheric artifact of early 1950s British crime comics, offering a stark, no-frills take on one man's war against the underworld.