Lawbreakers! (1951) comic books 1951

Cover by Art Gates. Stories and art by Irwin Hasen and Ken Brickley. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. A young doctor realizes he can make a fortune by treating criminals without contacting the police. Sailors Pete and Rusty sign on as deckhands for a ship, only to discover it's operated by gun runners. A race car driver becomes involved in a deadly romantic triangle. It's a Crime; Crimes Doctor: The Sordid Story of Joseph West M.D.; Crime on the High Seas: Johnny Bellows, City Detective; Dangerous Dough; Justice on the Hoof; Death Takes the Wheel; Clever Clues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Seevers and others. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. Ricky Stevens' nagging wife just wanted to find out where he goes all the time, but by calling the cops, she inadvertently brings his whole crooked operation down. Rod Raymond P.I. is hired to protect a man from the new husband of his beautiful redheaded ex-wife, but when he gets to the yacht, the man's already dead. Escaped convicts unwisely kill the gangster who helped spring them from prison. Your Crime Scrapbook!; The Case of the Henpecked Gunman; Rod Raymond: Death at High Tide; Johnny Bellows; Killer's Revenge; The Wages of Crime Is.... Death!; Stepping Stones to Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Walter Davoren. Stories and art by Bob Seevers, Bob Forgione, Irv Werstein and Walter Johnson. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. Phil tells the reader how a little innocent gambling led him down the road to organized crime and a prison sentence. Ex-con George is trying to go straight, but his corrupt parole officer plants evidence and asks for a bribe. FBI agents track a criminal gang to a bloody final shootout. Plus true facts about how police trace criminals with tire tracks from cars. Crime Tracks: How Criminals Are Trapped; I Was a Gangland Triggerman; They Made Me Steal; The Dog's Name Was Lightning; "Perfect Crime" Backfires; Murder by Dynamite; Death Takes No Holiday. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Shocking cover and classic junkie story "White Death"

Stories and art by Bob Seevers, Bob Forgione, Irv Werstein and Walter Johnson. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. Strait-laced, letter-sweatered college kid Ed gets peer-pressured into trying heroin, and before he knows it he's an addict and a criminal. Margie comes to New York, where her boyfriend Johnny has started a successful business, but she doesn't know his business is cat-burglary. Released from prison after 30 years for a payroll robbery, Jimmy hires a crew to dig up his booty - but they dig up his accomplices as well. Plus true facts about how police track down criminals using dust and dirt particles, fluoroscopy, and even lighting. Crime Tracks: Dust and Dirt Particles; The White Death; Manhattan Terror; The Trail of Terror; The Four-Time Loser; Hot Cars and Hot Lead; The Eccentric Bandit; Science vs. Crime: Color Traps Criminals. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.