Dates
- Cover date
- March 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Bernard Baily, Mike Sekowskyletters: Ed Hamilton, Charlotte Jetterscript: John C. Adler
Stories
- The Gun · 13 pages
Midwestern boy Frankie finds a .38 caliber automatic pistol and impresses Bonnie so much she takes him back to Kansas City with her to learn from Big Ed and his two sons. Frankie get impatient, kills all 3 of them, and goes on a crime spree with Bonnie. He earns the sobriquet "Gunner".
- H Is For Heroin · 9 pages
Lin breaks his cardinal rule (never get caught with the dope) and gets caught.
- A Mistake · 2 pages
Even though serial killer Coles is holding a gun on him, Harrison gets free by telling him the coroner says Ira Jackson was killed by a Smith & Wesson .38 (not the Colt .45 Coles uses).
- The Signs of Doom · 8 pages
Jeff earns the nickname Hex in prison due to all his superstitions.
Reprinted in
Mystic (1960), Spellbound (1960), Spellbound Album (1964), Not Approved Crime (1998)