#1 | 09/19/1961Crime and Commitment (1)
Cain locks horns with mob chief George Vincent and Vincent sets out to have him killed.
#2 | 09/26/1961Crime and Commitment (2)
#3 | 10/03/1961Blue Water, White Beach
There's an accident at bootlegger Ed Hoagley's distillery, and Hoagley has the victim made to look like a hit-and-run case. The ruse works—until Cain identifies the man as one of Hoagley's boys.
#4 | 10/10/1961Markdown on a Man
#5 | 10/17/1961Degrees of Guilt
#6 | 10/24/1961King of the Mountain
Cain arrives in a small but wide-open town, intent upon smashing the power of local vice baron, Herman Coombs. He gets nowhere fast with the police force--all handpicked by Coombs.
#7 | 10/31/1961Penitent
Cain finds it hard to believe that narcotics boss Lou Strode has really guit, even though Strode has a good reason--his son died as a result of dope addiction. Cain looks for evidence on which to get him indicted.
#8 | 11/07/1961Comeback
#9 | 11/21/1961Dead Load
#10 | 11/28/1961In the Balance
An examination of syndicate kingpin Frank Neehan's operation turns up the name Phillip Hallson. Cain wonders if this is the Phillip Hallson who is a federal judge--until Neehan's case is suddenly transferred to Hallson's court.
#11 | 12/05/1961Five for One
#12 | 12/12/1961The Fixer
#13 | 12/19/1961Cain's Final Judgement
#14 | 01/02/1962The Plush Jungle
#15 | 01/09/1962Take a Number
#16 | 01/16/1962The Debasers
#17 | 01/23/1962The Schemer
#18 | 01/30/1962The Manipulator
#19 | 02/06/1962Marked by Proxy
#20 | 02/13/1962Blood Money
#21 | 02/20/1962Blues for a Junkman
#22 | 03/06/1962The New Order
#23 | 03/20/1962The Cost of Living
#24 | 03/27/1962Savage in Darkness
#25 | 04/03/1962The Swinger
#26 | 04/10/1962Inside Track
#27 | 04/17/1962A Creature Lurks in Ambush
Gambling czar Big Ed Pavanne's dying wish is to see his son Rick, who is at college in the Midwest.
#28 | 04/24/1962Woman of Silence
#29 | 05/01/1962The Left Side of Canada
#30 | 05/15/1962The Quick Brown Fox