Crime & Punishment
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Law & Order as seen thru the comic books and films of the 40s & 50s
Remember when Good Guys were, in fact, GOOD!
Remember when Bad Guys were, in fact, BAD?
We at Atomic Kommie Comics certainly do!
And we celebrate it with kool kollectibles like t-shirts, messenger bags, tote bags, mugs, magnets, etc.
Show your appreciation for the law-enforcement professional or legal beagle in your life! Whether it's a family member, loved one, friend, or any combination of the above, you'll find a cool gift for birthday, holidays, or ANY occasion you can think of! ;-)
Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes 2012 12-Month Calendar
As Sean Connery is to James Bond 007, so Basil is to Sherlock!
Deduce which of a Baker Street dozen of classic movie posters and lobbycards starring Basil Rathbone as the Sleuth Supreme (along with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson and Dennis Hoey as Inspector LeStrade) is YOUR favorite!
All images are photographed DIRECTLY from the originals (NO second-gen pix from books or other copies) and digitally-restored and remastered with loving care!
Click on the cover to examine the evidence!
"The Gifts are Afoot, Watson!"
OK, it's a silly paraphrase of a classic line, but we take our Sherlockania VERY seriously...
When you speak of fictional detectives, the one who stands head, shoulders, and deerstalker cap above them all is the celebrated resident of 221-B Baker Street...the one-and-only Sherlock Holmes!
Accompanied by faithful friend and biographer Dr. John Watson, the Sleuth of Sleuths solves the unsolvable, detects the undetectable, and catches the uncatchable!
PLUS: interest in him is skyrocketing with the upcoming Robert Downey jr film!
Choose from a dozen different deducible designs spanning his career in various media including books, comics, cinema, and the stage on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Newspapermen (& Women) Against Crime!
Reporters, Photographers, even Editors, battling the Forces of Evil with the Power of the Press!
Choose from eight editorially-inspired designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Top Secret--SHHH!
Film Noir on the printed page!
Sometimes, there are images that are SO graphic, SO iconic, that text would only detract from them.
That's what TOP SECRET is about!
Film-noiresque panels from Golden Age crime comics that tell a whole story without captions or balloons.
Have a look for yourself! See how the pics look on t-shirts, mugs, and many other kool kollectibles!
Choose from five film-noir-inspired designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Police: the REAL Heroes
Cool Pop Culture Collectibles about Cops for Cops!
Choose from nine crime-crushing designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Mr District Attorney: Hero of Comics, Radio and TV!
Justice isn't dispensed only in the courtroom!
Choose from four fearless designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Bad Grrrls! Bad Grrrls! What'cha gonna do...?
What'cha gonna do when they come for YOU?


Choose from ten titilating designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Secret Agents!
They're giving you a number and taking away your name...


Choose from nine lethal designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Real-Life Criminals!
Reality can be far more frightening than fantasy!
Choose from eight Public Enemy designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Private Eyes
Hard-boiled action at it's best!


Johnny Danger! Ken Shannon PI! Mr. Risk!
Their names spell A-C-T-I-O-N, hard-boiled style!
Choose from six spellbinding designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Undercover Girl
The Heroine ANY Girl Could Be!
Spies have always been popular in fiction.
Girls have always been popular in fiction.
So, it stands to reason that girl spies would be popular in fiction, right?
Not quite...
With the notable exception of Modesty Blaise, female secret agents have not been able to hold the spotlight, despite several high-quality attempts to crack the glass ceiling of spydom!
In comics, the short-lived 1950s Undercover Girl series from Magazine Enterprises was probably the best of the femme-spy genre.
Featuring art by luminaries like Bob Powell, Gil Kane, and Dick Ayers, the series detailed the adventures of government agent Starr Flagg against spies, saboteurs, and criminals.
Starr could shoot and fight as well as any male agent, but could play helpless and innocent to throw the baddies off-guard until she could kick serious butt!
Choose from four femme fatale designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Jane Arden: Crime Reporter
DON'T call her "'Girl' Reporter"
Jane Arden: Crime Reporter ran from 1927 to 1968, predating other female reporters like Brenda Starr: Reporter and Superman's Lois Lane by over a decade.
She's best-known as the FIRST American comic character to have a World War II-related storyline when her writers tossed out the strip's ongoing gangster plotline in a single daily strip and sent her to cover the warfront on September 25, 1939, less than a month after Germany invaded Poland!
Like most major 1930s-1950s comic characters, she was multi-media, with a radio show that ran for two years, a low-budget b-movie (that didn't do well enough to warrant a series) and comic books.
We've digitally-restored and remastered the best of her comic book covers for a new line of collectibles for any woman or girl who wants to display a strong, positive role model (who also carries a gun and looks fab!)
Choose from three designs on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
John Dillinger
aka Johnny Depp
With Johnny Depp prowling Illinois filming the new Dillinger biopic "Public Enemies", now's the time to get a kriminally-kool kolliectible featuring the notorious gangster.
Choose from three different classic movie posters (one of which features Dillinger himself!) or two Golden Age comic book covers: "Public Enemy No. 1 Dillinger: Machine-Gun Killer" or "Famous Gangsters" showing his death on July 22, 1934 in the alley of Chicago's Biograph Theatre on t-shirts, mousepads, mugs, and other goodies!
Choose from six different Dillinger designs (plus several other Real Crime covers) on shirts, messenger bags, mousepads, mugs & other kool kollectibles by clicking here!
Crime & Punishment: the Blog!
A Weekly Dose of Justice!
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