Mike Barnett Man Against Crime (1951 Fawcett) 5

Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. Mike is hired by a crimelord with tax problems - whether Mike likes it or not - and finds himself caught in the crossfire between rival gangsters. Mike is on vacation upstate when he runs afoul of the local morphine dealers. Before he knows it, he's tied to a boiler that's been rigged to explode. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. Dishonor Among Thieves; Peter the Prisoner; The Blue Hand of Death; Market For Morphine; Hook the Crook; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Car Talk; Sawyer the Lawyer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.