{"id":4286,"date":"2017-06-22T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T02:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2017-06-23T00:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T04:08:28","slug":"i-worked-for-the-fence-k033","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/4286","title":{"rendered":"“I Worked For The Fence” (k033)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I Worked For The Fence” is a 13-page Simon&Kirby crime story from Prize’s\u00a0HEADLINE COMICS #28 [1948].<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The “I” of the title is narrator Monica Bell, a failed show-girl, who is about to go back home from the big-city when she finds her suitcase has been switched with one full of jewels. Remembering a co-worker’s mention of a fence he dealt with, \u201cBuyer Busch\u201d, she takes the jewels to him, finding out she was set-up by him as a likely prospect for a \u201cswitcher\u201d as he explains the inner workings of his operation. She takes the job and makes some easy switches, and then works as a buyer at the racetrack. She\u2019s spotted by a private investigator, who she quickly falls in love with him, but almost gets caught when her next buy turns violent.<\/p>\n

She tried to quit but finds she\u2019s already in too deep, but is rescued by her new beau, and is now serving her time in jail, determined to live life straight when she gets out. Because, if you haven\u2019t learned by now, Crime Never Pays.<\/p>\n

Very enjoyable comics here, with a lot of story about how Monica gets drawn into the life of crime, attracted by the glamour but eventually having misgivings. \u00a0The background in how the fencing operation works is well done, with “Buyer Busch” playing up the charming rogue routine when it serves him. The investigator who rescues her also has some great dialogue. “You’re just the mixed-up kind of dame who takes a flyer on a racket for some fast dough and winds up in a fix! Well, you’re in a fix — now listen closely and do what I tell you! You owe it to that dead policeman!”.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.comics.org\/issue\/127900\/#374747
\nTEEN-AGED DOPE SLAVES AND REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS [1989]
\nTHE SIMON AND KIRBY LIBRARY – CRIME [2011]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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