Famous Crimes #13

Bennie Dickson, son of a respectable Topeka high school instructor, trades his troubled past for a fresh start after parole—only to spiral back into armed robbery and violence, eventually crossing paths with Stella Mae Irwin at a roller skating rink. What begins as a chance meeting sets the stage for a criminal partnership that would earn them the FBI's relentless pursuit as they escalate from bank heists to far darker crimes. This tale from Famous Crimes #13 traces how two people bound by ambition and lawlessness became "Married in Crime."

Frankie Marlowe is a smooth operator with his fingers in every underworld racket, and when he spots promising young boxer Bell Thomason, he muscles his way into control of the fighter's contract through intimidation and coercion. Marlowe then forces Bell into a rigged fight scheme—but the boxer has his own reasons for refusing to throw the match, setting him on a collision course with a ruthless man who always has an angle ready.