Gangsters Can't Win (1948) comic books 1938-1955

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Cover by Ken Battefield. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. The true stories of 1920s gangster Dutch Anderson and his protege Gerald Chapman, the first Public Enemy Number One. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A profile of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin. Gerald Chapman: The Evil Genius of Crime; John Wesley Hardin: Killer of the Southwest; The Little Augie--Kid Dropper Feud; Irene Schroeder, The Original Bobbed-Hair Bandit: The Girl, The Gun, and the Grave!; Tip Off ; Wanted: Ned Kelly, Australia's Public Enemy #1, Dead or Alive; Larry Fay, Racketeer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leo Morey and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Ma Barker and her sons become the first family of crime, until the Feds catch up with them. Beautiful Stella Irwin joins her husband Benny for a spree of bank robberies. Twin brothers Dan and Don Olson both grow up in a bad neighborhood, but one turns to crime and the other becomes a lawman. Most Dangerous Of All; Blue Eyes and a Gun: The Story of Stella Irwin; Twin Trouble; Thunder on the Mountain; Trigger Man: The Story of Frankie Uale; The Mystery of the Stolen Necklace; The Incredible Ma Barker; Brothers In Crime. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tex Blaisdell and others. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Lefty Schwartz is done in by his own cronies when the heat gets too hot, in a story inspired by real-life gangster Dutch Schultz. No one suspects that a quiet, suburban family man leads a secret life as a bank robber. In 1945, a gangster targets a profitable bookie joint in Chicago. Suicide on Sound Stage Seven; Mystery of the Murder in the Penthouse; Lefty Schwartz; The Ghost of Mrs. Hicks; One Eye's Gang; Death Holds the Joker; Frankie the Pug. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lawrence Dressler, Bud Willard, Al McWilliams, and Edmond Good. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Inspector Moore investigates the theft of a rare book containing a valuable map. A typewriter key provides the clue that leads postal inspectors to an extortionist. Airborne lawman Breeze Lawson tracks down "Killer" Madden and his female hostage, in a story with some bondage art. Dead Men Don't Drown; The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds; The P.I. and the Clocks!; Short Vacation; Sky Sheriff: Trail of Terror; Beauty and the Book; The Mystery of the Speaking Alibi; Jailbreak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Paul Reinman. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Louis Zansky, Paul Reinman, and John Rosenberger. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Willie X makes a career in crime with his smarts and nerves of steel, in a story with art by future EC legend Graham Ingels. Mysterious fortune-teller Electra hypnotizes wealthy clients and creates a fortune through mind-control and murder. After murder at a circus, the reader is invited to guess which of five colorful suspects committed the crime. A Trap is Sprung; The Ghost!; Mystery at the Circus; Murder by Air!; Solid Citizen: Second Chance; The Man Who Found a Fortune; Slick Willie. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, Alden McWilliams, Steve Kirkel, Ernie Schroeder and Ed Waldman. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. A detective solves a mystery involving an eloped couple and an unidentified body, even though he's 3000 miles away from the crime. Adventurer Whit Denham is targeted by an exact duplicate because he knows the secret of Bacteria X. An investigator probes a series of deaths in the Brazilian jungles. The Evil That Men Do; The Talisman Trail; Accidentally Its Murder ; Bacteria X; The Impostor; Dying Men of Paranha. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Robert Jenney. Stories and art by Alden McWilliams and Walter Davoren. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Adventurer Dick Taylor accompanies a botanist to Nepal in search of a rare Lotus flower. An inventor sets a fatal trap for the rival who stole his invention. An embezzler plots to fake his own death in a car wreck, but that involves finding and murdering his double. The Fires of Nepal; Case Hardened Crime; Plan for Plunder; Express Elevator Down!; Off-Key Alibi; The Detective Drank Milk; Highway to Nowhere. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ellis Chambers. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Paul Parker, Frank Sieminski and Ed Waldman. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Inspector Dan Mundy reluctantly teams with his rival, female reporter Ida Lee, while investigating a murder at sea aboard a pleasure cruise. Ascot-wearing, pipe-smoking reporter Link Shields loves to solve crimes in his column, but the latest life under threat is his own. An ex-sign-painter uses his skills with signs to turn to crime, resulting in some creative criminal sign usage. Surprise at Buoy 13; The Case of the Deadly Dahlia; Ambush Aboard Ship; Force of Habit; The Corpse's Clue; Signs of Crime. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.