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I shouldn't read this thread, it's tempting me to go for Spider-mans...

Very nice, very dangerous.

Those are beautiful. I love the Shadow.

One more Planet:

Picked this up at Chicago courtesy of Mr. Bedrock. My second Planet, and second favorite cover after the woman in the bubble (#44). "Death Rays From the Sun!" gets me.

Authentic Police Cases. This one is a little rough, only VGish, but it was cheap and a perfect fit for this niche:

I promised to post a few more after Wiz Chicago: here is Justice Traps the Guilty #2, sniper cover, a nice book:

I have several Vampi covers that I like a lot, but this is my personal fav

Here is my #3, kind of tough to find a nice one:

it's beautiful. And that is hard to find, at least for me, I don't have one.

I figured there were quite a few, but I had no idea. I just went to GCDB and typed in "Crime" and started looking at the cover galleries. I'm sure there are quite a few titles that don't include "crime" in the cover that would fall underneath the umbrella as well. I'd love to start collecting these books as well, but I've gotta maintain focus. Good luck with your "quest" and be sure to post books as you get them. Thank you I hope I'll be posting some actual purchases in August That is exactly how I did my "research," text searching on various words in GCDB, this is a fantastic resource. I also went to dealer sites that allowed searching by genre and looked at all the titles in their crime section. I am having a lot fun with this

I have noticed that, thanks to this thread and some research on my own I have a list of about 70 "bad girl" covers. I will be busy for a while. As an added bonus, I have seen a lot of really cool crime covers that I am now interested in, and I know crime is an unloved niche.

She has a gun and she knows how to use it... Regarding the avatar, I stole it off the web. There's an artist out there selling prints of that image. I just now realized he lifted it from the Fight 39 cover. Perhaps someone should send Ms. Renee after him. I found that artist too, and I was really tempted to buy the print, but he wanted too much for just a print. That is a great book.

Mmm, Vampi and donuts... I like those surprised look covers, something about the eyes I think, I've always liked the #40 too.

If you like that cover you should check out the original art if you haven't already here: Link I had read that Gene collects original Vampi art, a great piece. It is somewhat similar to #27 I believe, another piece where she is looking over her shoulder and seems to be running away. I don't know why I like those so much.