From the exhibition
D Detective Magazine: Llamad al F.B.I.
· 1952

This 1952 Spanish pulp edition from Editorial Bruguera—translating "Call in the Feds!"—comprises two crime narratives. The first serial features Detective Captain Lanny Just of Freshwater police pursuing "Pretty Boy," a notorious New York murderer sighted at the railway station. Just mobilizes citywide surveillance at trains, docks, and airport while managing conflict with corrupt Sergeant Gillis. A tobacco-shop employee reported the suspect; Just coordinates an intensive manhunt, issuing radio orders to establish roadblocks. The second story shifts to a bank robbery in Freshwater's suburbs: criminals Alan Ladd (the tall man in the gabardine), Gino Lucci, Eddy Eitel, the dim-witted Bright, and driver Maxie Christman execute a planned heist. They enter as closing time approaches with few customers present, intimidate the porter and staff with drawn pistols, and prevent an alarm from being triggered as employees surrender without resistance.
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