Famous Crimes #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains "Joe 'The Blood' Santori," in which a Philadelphia crime boss running an underground underworld empire is ultimately doomed by a combination of fate and law enforcement. The story follows Santori's criminal organization until federal agents serve a warrant on him and his gang members, resulting in their arrest and imprisonment for long terms. A second story depicts a criminal named Henger who flees across state lines after robbing the Powell First National Bank in Wyoming, only to be pursued and captured by law enforcement, concluding with his arrest and incarceration.
Vince Nabori rules the Dallas underworld with an iron fist, orchestrating jewelry heists and keeping his henchmen in line through fear and violence—but his ruthless nature and betrayals are catching up with him. When a jury trial doesn't go as planned and suspicion turns inward, Nabori's criminal empire begins to crack, leading to a deadly reckoning among thieves and lovers.
Joe "The Boob" Santori rises from small-time crook to ruthless kingpin of Philadelphia's underworld, using violence and intimidation to consolidate power and eliminate rivals who stand in his way. But as his criminal empire grows through calculated murders and organized strongarm operations, the law closes in—and fate may have other plans for a man who built his throne on blood and broken promises. A hard-hitting true crime tale of ambition, brutality, and the price of the criminal life.
Driven by fear of execution for a warden's death, Wyman Henger flees into Wyoming's wilderness and lives as a fugitive for months, mastering survival with bow and arrow until game wardens track him down and haul him to jail. Desperate and unraveling, he escapes during a work detail, shoots his way out of custody, and heads for the hills—but desperation soon drives him back to civilization, where he attempts a bank robbery in his hometown of Powell that brings a hail of gunfire down upon him.
A cab driver's routine shift takes a dangerous turn when a passenger attempts a robbery—only to discover his mark is far more than he bargained for. This gritty 1949 tale from Famous Crimes shows how one criminal's bid for easy money collides with unexpected consequences on the streets of Los Angeles.
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Reprinted in Famous Crimes #8 (1949), Blazing Comics #[nn] (1950)
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