Racket Squad in Action (1952) 15

Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.50 View scan Cover detached. Oxidation. Moisture damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Art Cappello and Dick Giordano. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Gangsters try to pass stolen money with a phony counterfeiting racket, a sort of crime within a crime. Jerry employs his beautiful girlfriend Dot in a scheme to catch ordinary men in compromising photographs. Widow Arlene falls for a phony "lonely hearts" club. Plus advice to the reader on avoiding con artists. Look Them Over; Limited Edition; Blackmail; Double Trouble; The Two Buck Hype; Photo Finish; Beware of the Swami; No Bargain; The Lonely Hearts Racket; The Old Shell Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.