Federal Agent Crandall has bugged the gangsters' meeting room, and is ready to learn their plans...
Though the writer is unknown, the artist for this never-reprinted story from Dell's Four Color Comics #1237 (1961) is Dan Spiegle, whose expertise in doing actors' likenesses, as well as gangsters and guys in fedoras and overcoats served him well several years later when he illustrated all three issues of Gold Key's Green Hornet tv series adaptation!
BTW, though the tv series emphasized Ness' and his crew's battle against Prohibition-era criminals, the comic scrupulously avoided showing anything involving bootleggers, speakeasy operators, illegal distillers, and their ilk!
BTW, though the tv series emphasized Ness' and his crew's battle against Prohibition-era criminals, the comic scrupulously avoided showing anything involving bootleggers, speakeasy operators, illegal distillers, and their ilk!
(A situation I discovered when I reviewed all four issues, looking for the best tale to present!)
Ironic, since the actual Untouchables were disbanded shortly after Prohibition ended!
Note that foreign comics adaptations had no such limitations...
Note that foreign comics adaptations had no such limitations...
If they were, I'd be happy to re-present them here!
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