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Gangsters Can't Win #4 (1948)

D.S. Publishing · 1948 · 52 pages

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Contains 6 stories
Suicide on Sound Stage Seven
7 pp · crime; detective-mystery
Ma BartonChief CavanaughRon castleEvelynRitaJake SchneiderJohn HaysLeslie Mitchell

When a young woman named Rita rises from extra to stardom on a Hollywood sound stage, she leaves a trail of enemies—a spurned director, a manipulated fiancé and his jilted girlfriend, a desperate cousin, and an ambitious costar. On the night of what's meant to be her wedding celebration, Rita is found dead on Sound Stage Seven in what appears to be suicide, but Ma Barton knows better. As the famous police woman investigates the tangle of motives and secrets, she races to unmask a killer before another strike silences her investigation.

Mystery of the Murder in the Penthouse
6 pp · crime; detective-mystery
Jane HuntMarthaVic CorsonRex HergertTim Farrell

When Jane Hunt invites three men to her penthouse to unmask whoever's been sending her threatening letters, tension simmers as accusations fly—until a gunshot rings out and one of her suitors lies dead. With Jane's fingerprints on the murder weapon and her earlier threat still ringing in everyone's ears, Detective Tim Farrell must piece together the real killer's identity before an innocent woman takes the fall. Can you spot the vital clue hidden in the details before the truth is revealed?

Lefty Schwartz
9 pp · crime
Lefty Schwartz [Robert Rittenhauer]Giuseppi DonatoErnie KinneyJohnny CraigCharlotteTommy FayChuck Stein

Lefty Schwartz climbs from street punk to racket king in 1928 New York, wielding violence and cunning to dominate everything from the beer trade to policy numbers, even winning the heart of Charlotte along the way. But as his empire grows and the bodies pile up—including innocent bystanders caught in gang crossfire—the enemies he's made begin closing in, and the same ruthless methods that built his power start working against him. This hard-boiled tale follows the rise and inevitable reckoning of a man who believed blood was the price of success.

One Eye's Gang
7 pp · crime
One EyeBillDonkey StilesKittyWhiteyBig BoyTurkMushmouth RyanMike RealeFrank

In 1948's Chicago, One Eye leads a ruthless gang of handbook robbers preying on bookmakers, but their operation draws heat from both the police and the Syndicate itself. When a young woman and her brother get caught between the gang's ambitions and a detective's investigation, the stage is set for a collision between competing criminals and the law. Watch as One Eye's crew targets bigger scores while the noose tightens from every direction.

Death Holds the Joker
6 pp · crime
Edward Starr FrostPeggy FrostTomWarren FrostIreneJohn Miles

When respected businessman Edward Starr Frost and his brother Warren turn to crime, they build a careful double life—maintaining their standing with family and friends while orchestrating a series of bank robberies as the notorious "Phantom Gentlemen." But their crime spree escalates dangerously, and the gap between the men they pretend to be and the criminals they've become grows impossible to hide. A tale of respectability destroyed by greed and betrayal.

Frankie the Pug
8 pp · crime
Frankie the Pug [Francisco Tomasetta]Eddie VailHarry UngerTomasco GreccaChuck LewisLix OronskyJesley JacksonHomer IngramPaolo IannacomeFrank Caccace

Frankie the Pug—a ruthless killer and small-time crook—has spent his life cycling through prison stretches and underworld schemes, from his days as a rigged prizefighter to leading his own mob through robberies and worse. After his latest release in 1932, he teams up with tougher operators to pull off armored car jobs and ventures into counterfeiting, but his hair-trigger violence and paranoia about squealing witnesses leave bodies in his wake. As heat closes in from all sides—old rivals, cops, and his own crew—Frankie's vicious methods finally catch up with him in ways he never saw coming.

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