Category Archives: Crime

THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST CRIME COMICS is a thick new anthology edited by Paul Gravett, part of a large series of MAMMOTH BOOK OF… collections which seem to be mostly prose but have also included …BEST WAR COMICS, …BEST … Continue reading →

POLICE TRAP #4, 1955. Boy, that looks dangerous position for a cop to find himself in, doesn’t it? One of the books of S&K’s Mainline company. I always wondered why they didn’t add that “Another Simon/Kirby Smash Hit” stamp until … Continue reading →

More crime work from the Prize days by Simon&Kirby. I especially like the contrast these covers always have from the clean-cut and powerful cops with the grimy criminals, with a very different texture. Published 1950 Share:

Beautiful crime cover from S&K, their last for this title as the romance and horror comics for Prize dominated their time (plus BOYS’ RANCH over at Harvey). Love that distinctive inking over on the cops’ uniforms. Published 1951 Share: