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Crime Must Pay the Penalty #16
This anthology issue contains "The Gang of a Thousand Faces," a story about stolen automobiles that are dismantled and redistributed across the country with forged documentation, and "Kingpin of the Hot Hot-Rods," which follows a criminal gang led by a man called "The Duke" who operates a mob racket involving independent baseball pool operators. The first story details how stolen cars are given new serial numbers, license plates, and paint jobs before being sold at used car lots or shipped across state lines, while the second depicts law enforcement's efforts to dismantle the Duke's criminal organization after he recruits young men into his operation.