Spook #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue features "The Meadless Horror," in which Sheriff Ben Higgins investigates a murder at Frank Maxwell's mountain retreat, discovering that a man was shot through a large plate glass window by someone using a machine gun. Through witness testimony from Joe Caliso, the sheriff determines that Tony Dentino, a gangster who had been counterfeit passing bills at the race tracks, is the likely killer and has fled the area. The issue also includes a story involving a woman named Mrs. Nicholson and a valuable card hidden in a safe, as detectives work to uncover the truth behind a scheme involving impersonation and theft.
When a student named Jerry needs inspiration for a thesis on Washington Irving's "Headless Horseman," Spook takes him to the legendary Sleepy Hollow—only to discover the terrifying legend has become deadly reality. As a headless rider terrorizes the countryside on a phantom steed, leaving destruction and death in its wake, the pair must uncover the truth behind the supernatural menace before more lives are lost.
Johnny Burro earned his nickname "Bunions" not for his criminal reputation as a stick-up artist and hired killer, but for his perpetually aching feet—a weakness that dogs his every heist and escape. When a botched robbery and subsequent jobs leave him constantly on the run, his desperate search for relief through custom-made shoes ultimately becomes the very trail that law enforcement follows to close in. A wry crime tale where a ruthless criminal's most sensitive vulnerability proves to be his undoing.
Roxy runs a tight criminal operation and isn't about to let just anyone into his gang—especially not some desperate small-timer looking to join up. When a would-be recruit shows up at his apartment one night with something urgent to discuss, Roxy makes it clear he's got no use for petty informants or amateurs. Things take a sharp turn when Roxy's confidence in his own smarts gets put to the test at Lee's Gambling House.
Madame Rachel runs an upscale beauty salon in London, but behind the façade of facials and treatments lies a criminal operation involving stolen jewels and blackmail. When a scheme goes dangerously wrong and a murder is pinned on her, Madame Rachel's carefully constructed empire begins to crumble—and her thirst for revenge leads her down a dark path she may not survive.
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↩ Reprints Blue Bolt #8 [64] (1946), Crimes by Women #6 (1949), Famous Crimes #10 (1949), Crime Incorporated #2 (1950), Spectacular Stories Magazine #3 (1950)
Reprinted in PS Artbooks Softee: Spook #1 (2022)
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