Racket Squad in Action (1952) 29

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Ross Andru, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. Racket Squad's focus on swindlers and con games allowed it to survive the Comics Code longer than most Pre-Code crime comics. When a man offers to buy up worthless oil-company stock at high prices, it seems too good to be true. A fast-fingered jewel thief pulls "The Old Switcheroo" while examining rings in a jewelry store. "Sgt. Joe Pride" investigates a ransacked apartment where nothing appears stolen, in a story that was likely originally intended as a "Dragnet" story featuring Sgt. Joe Friday. The Big Pay-Off; Thieves Thief; Stake-Out; The Old Switcheroo; Half a Heel; The Friendly Game; Glamour Boy; A Little Guilty; The Model Victim; Air Conditioned; In the Cameras Eye; Sgt. Joe Pride: Sorehead. Double-sized final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.