Racket Squad In Action #12 (4.0)

Title: Racket Squad In Action
Issue: #12
Publisher: Charlton
Year: 08/1954
Grade: VG 4.0

A TV-style crime anthology of confidence rackets told as “case files” from a big-city fraud unit. Captain-narrator intros frame three main swindles:

• a smooth check-kiting ring that bounces money through corner stores until a planted “mark” turns the tables;

• a phony charity drive trading on veterans’ goodwill, exposed by a street-level tail and a bait check;

• a used-car lot scheme—rolled-back odometers and swapped titles—ended with a sting using a wired sale.

One-page fillers drop “how the grift works” tips (spotting forged endorsements, carnival short-change, door-to-door scams). The tone is brisk and procedural: cons talk tough, the squad patiently unravels the play, and every racket ends with a collar and a caution to readers.