Famous Crimes #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeFamous Crimes #9 is an anthology issue featuring multiple crime stories from police files. The lead story involves a criminal named Black who plants dough on an accomplice named Harry, leading Harry to turn him in to the sheriff; when Black later escapes from prison and tracks down Harry seeking revenge, a shootout ensues near Seattle and an abandoned cabin. The issue also includes an informational feature titled "Science vs. Crimes," which explains forensic techniques such as fingerprint analysis, ballistics comparison, lie detection, and footprint casting used by law enforcement to solve crimes. A second story titled "From Police Files" depicts events in Bothell, Seattle involving escaped convicts and their attempts to flee to South America by boat, with law enforcement pursuit.
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blazes a reckless path through New York's underworld, working as a hired gun while running extortion rackets with his brother and muscling in on territory controlled by rival mobsters like Philly Flemmer. When Coll tries to cover his tracks by dyeing his hair and kidnapping a man for ransom, he sets in motion a chain of betrayals that puts everyone around him—including his closest associate, Big Tom—at odds with his ambitions. As both the police and the mob close in, Coll's reign of violence spirals toward its inevitable reckoning.
In a week of escalating chaos, James Pottler and Harry Flack plunge into a spree of daring crimes that leave even the most seasoned lawmen shaken. With the Hoestlers and Mr. Ronsor caught in the crossfire of their reckless schemes, the line between desperation and danger blurs in this gripping tale from Famous Crimes #9.
Harry Tracey, a fugitive with blood on his hands, bolts from prison with the help of his girlfriend Sally, setting off a tense manhunt across the countryside. With Sheriff Durbin, Superintendent Lee, and others hot on his trail, Harry’s desperate flight brings him into dangerous encounters with Merrill, Tiffany, and Ingram—all while the clock ticks down on his final chance to vanish.
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Reprinted in Famous Crimes #10 (1949), Gwandanaland Comics #1415
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