Crime Incorporated #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains two crime stories. "Sucker Bait" details various confidence schemes operated across America, including the false arrest racket where swindlers pose as authorities to bilk victims, and the trip con where accomplices abandon travelers at roadside locations. "Segregation" describes the prison practice of isolating dangerous convicts in separate cells to prevent them from communicating with other inmates, though it notes one convict managed to smuggle a knife into his cell despite these precautions.
Angie Ginnan and his gang, including Gladys Hays, Jack Murray, Ollie Clyde, and Lippy Wentz, pull off a bank robbery in 1928, only to be pursued by police after a deadly confrontation leaves Murray dead. With the law closing in, Angie and Lippy make a desperate escape, while Gladys disappears into the shadows—leaving Angie to face the consequences alone.
A trusting soul responds to a newspaper ad offering to share trip expenses, only to be abandoned roadside by the driver after paying in advance. The story reveals how such scams exploit the public’s goodwill, using false promises to lure victims into vulnerable situations.
In a high-stakes crime spree across Chicago, detectives Scott Burns and Johnny Cooper race to unravel a string of violent bookmaker heists tied to a shadowy gang operating under the radar. As the investigation unfolds, the detectives follow a trail of clues—from a broken nose and an army-issue gun to phone numbers and a former prizefighter—uncovering a network of criminals planning a major syndicate robbery. With the clock ticking and danger mounting, the detectives close in on the gang’s hidden members, but the true extent of their operation remains shrouded in mystery.
Roxy, a sharp-witted figure in a gangster's world, dismisses a nervous man’s plea to join his crew, insisting he’s no "petty stoolie." At a gambling house, Roxy boasts that his success isn’t luck but strategy, while a hidden listener overhears a warning that could change everything.
In a stark look at prison life, a nervous convict, terrified of retaliation after informing on his gang, begs to be placed in segregation—solitary confinement—where he can avoid the violent fate that has claimed others who betrayed their peers. The story contrasts his desperate plea for safety with the grim reality of life behind bars, where even isolation offers no true escape from the prison’s brutal code.
The Kidnap Syndicate! follows Manny Salvio, Ben Hask, and "The Chief" as they abandon their petty car thefts after hearing a radio broadcast about the wealthy financier John Crandall, deciding to escalate to kidnapping him for a massive ransom. After infiltrating Crandall’s office and securing a hostage, they plan their next move, but tensions rise when Lennie Troubador refuses to pay them, forcing the trio to scramble for a new plan.
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↩ Reprints Crimes by Women #6 (1949)
Reprinted in Blazing Comics #[nn] (1950), Spook #22 (1953), Shocking Mystery Cases #53 (1953)
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