Crime Does Not Pay #107

Chick Nearing walks out of prison in 1947 after seven years with the Scanlon gang, determined to go straight—he builds a legitimate construction company that thrives, rewards his loyal workers, and looks like a genuine second chance. But when Al Scanlon and his crew come calling with extortion demands and threats, Chick discovers that the underworld doesn't let its members simply walk away, and his refusal to play ball sets off a deadly game with stakes that extend far beyond his own safety.

"Rock" Madden boasts that the State will never catch him for his crimes, but his arrogance—and his refusal to trust anyone, even his closest associate—sets him on a collision course with fate. When a routine bank heist forces him into hiding in the caves of a mountain slated for dynamite blasting, Madden's own ruthlessness comes back to haunt him in the cruelest way possible. Crime Does Not Pay presents the bitter irony of how the law doesn't always need to hunt a criminal down—sometimes justice arrives on its own terms.

Rod Halleck runs a slick murder-for-hire operation in 1943, dispatching anonymous killers across the country to do jobs with no questions asked—until a mysterious woman arranges a hit that puts the mob boss himself directly in the crosshairs. What unfolds is a dark tale of revenge where Halleck's own ruthless business model becomes his undoing, and the killers he sent out discover far too late who their real target was meant to be.

Ex-Marine Johnny Nolan trades his uniform for a private detective's badge at the Shipping Owners' Security Bureau, but his first assignment on the waterfront turns into a deadly maze when he witnesses a murder and becomes the prime suspect. Framed and hunted by a sabotage ring led by the ruthless Al Hunt, Nolan must prove his innocence while uncovering the criminal operation threatening the docks—but standing his ground puts him directly in the crosshairs of dangerous men who eliminate obstacles without hesitation.