Colossal Features Magazine #3

After serving his time, Billy "Bugsie" Siegal is released from prison with big ambitions and a stolen fifty grand—enough to muscle into the West Coast rackets and challenge the established operators like Mike Hennessey. When a rival named Johnny Marciano arrives in Los Angeles with his own designs on control, Bugsie finds himself caught in an escalating gang war that threatens both his operation and his carefully fortified new mansion. As the violence spirals, Bugsie must decide how far he's willing to go to protect his empire and stay out of prison for good.

Gene Simpson's talent for sleight of hand makes him the perfect recruit for Ace Kilgallen's criminal gang—until his own ambitions turn him against his mentor during a daring bank heist. When Gene's quick fingers let him pocket more than his share of the loot, the betrayal sets off a deadly chain of events that will test whether his magic tricks can save him from the consequences of his greed.

When three fugitives from a prison break—Mat Leeds, Phil Watson, and Duke Keen—gun down Officer Joseph Costa, an honest cop celebrating twenty years on the Jacksonville force, the entire Florida police department mobilizes for vengeance. Tracking the killers through an armed robbery and into the criminal underworld, the dead officer's fellow policemen close in on their prey with grim determination. The manhunt races toward the swamps as the fugitives run out of places to hide.

Private detective Dan Diamond turns down a high-paying case when racing stable owner Hamilton Bixby asks him to protect his trainer Bert Halliday from a dangerous gambler named Harry "Smiley" Georgette—but when Diamond checks his files and discovers Georgette's violent criminal history, he reconsiders. With the threat looming over Halliday, Diamond must decide whether to take on the case and face off against one of the city's most ruthless operators.