THE NAMe'S MCLEOD. - BADGE 331074,
I'MA PLAIN~CLOTHES COP, THEY
GOT ME PATROLLING THE TOUGHEST
SECTION IN TOWN. (IT's A QUIET
WIGHT THOUGH, AND T'M NOT COM-
PLAINING,..'CEPT THAT THIS ICY
DRIZZLE'S C1
THE SERGEANT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE
MADE MY BEAT THE MORGUE, THAT
DEAD ITIS TONIGHT, THE ONLY SOUND
1S THE SWISHY-HISS OF TIRES NOW
AND THEN AS ALONE CAR MOVES
DOWN THE BLACK, SHINY STREET...
I TAKE A SQUINT AT HIM AS WE
PASS EACH OTHER UNDER A LAMP
POST, HE'S GOT SUNK-iN CHEEKS
AND A WIDE-EYED LOOK... LIKE
HE'S SCARED OF SOMETHIN’...
Tr's Sune LONELY,AND I GET TO
‘THINKING ABOUT STACEY'S JOINT AND
HOW COZY HIS BAR ALWAYS (S AND HOW
GOOD A SHOT WOULD FEEL WARMING
MVINSIDES, I TURN THE CORNER
AND HEAD FORIT WHEN I SPOT
‘THE LITTLE GUY EDGING DOWN THE
WET SIDEWALK...
2The LITTLE Guy DON'T stop. HE __YANK MY BADGE. I'M WALKING
KEEPS ON GOING. I BUZZ HIM AGAIN. AFTER HIM NOW AND HE'S STARTING
T KNOW HE HEARS ME...UNLESS HE'S TO WALK EVEN FASTER...
EM A COP,CHUM! TWENTP)
FIRST PRECINCT £
WHAT'S IN THE 8407
HE REACHES @ CORNER AND DODGES
‘AROUND, BY THE TIME I GET THERE,
HE AIN'T IN SIGHT. THERE'S A CAR
PARKED AT THE CUR® AND TFIGURE
HE'S BEMINO IT...
LISTEN, MISTER. 1F YOU
AIN'T DONE NOTHIN' WAONE..
REALLY WRONG...YOU'RE
CRAZY FOR RUNNIN FTL
A GET vou SOONER oR
JTW My TIME ON THE FORCE, I'VE RUN INTO ALL Kinns AND I REMEMBER AN OLD GEEZER NAMED FISCH WHO
CRAZY BIRDS...PERVERTS,.MANIACS:.HOMICIDAL CARVED UP DLO LADIES. I SEE THIS CREEP JUMPING SOME
ENDS. Z BEGIN PICTURING THIS GUY LURKING IN POOR OLD GAL ANO DRAGGING HER INTO THE ALLEY...
DOME DARK ALLEY WITH AN EMPTY SACK AND A BIG
on WAITING...
sw AND HACKING HER UP AND STUFFING HER HEAD
1M THAT SATCHEL....THAT BLOODY-BOTTOMED SATCHEL. 2He starts CRYING, 1 FIGURE HE
CAN'T PULL A SHIV ON ME WHILE
HE'S HUGGING THE BAG, SOT HOL-
STER MY GUN AND MOVE IN, KEEP -
ING MY LIGHT ON HIM.
1 CAN'T TAKE WO FOR AN
ANSWER, BUDDY! I'M THE
STUBBORN TYPE. NOW,
HE WAS A JOMNWY-COME-
LATELY / I WORKED A LONE
TIME FOR THE COMPANY BEFORE!
HE CAME. BUT HE WAS YOUNG.
AMBITIOUS.,,HE HAD A GOOD
HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS. HE
BECAME HEAD BOOKKEEPER...
THE POOR IDIOT'S MADE A BIG Mis-
TAME, THE ALLEY'S BLIND. I GOT
HIM TRAPPED, I PULL OUT MY 48
AND MY POCKET FLASH AND START
PENCILING THE BEAM AROUND...
GET THIS STRA/GHT, MISTER!
YOU RUN 7H/S TIME, AND YOU
GET A SLUG IN YOUR BACK...
THis LITTLE CHARACTER ts
STRONGER THAN HE LOOKS. I
TRY WRENCHING THE BAG AWAY
BUT HE'S GOT IT IN A DEATH GRIP.
C'MON... WAIT! FIRST.)
You DUMB’ FIRST LET ME
TELL YOU WHAT
ITE
WAGGING... NAGGING. L'D GET
‘SICK (NSIDE..ANO DIZZY, SOME-
TIMES... AND I WOULDN'T KNOW
WHAT T WAS DO/N6. BUT, HE
WOULON'T ZET UP/ HE WAS
SHREWD...CLEVER..SMART “4
THE LIGHT PICKS HIM UP CRINGING
IN A CELLAR DOORWAY...WHITE AND.
‘SHIVERING GASPING FOR AIR. HE
WRAPS WIS ARMS AROUND THE SAT-
CHEL AND HUGS IT TO HIM LIKE A
LITTLE GIRL WITH A OOLL.
T HATED Hi! HE WAS ALWAYS
[PICKING ON ME. "MR, DOMINICK,
YOU'RE TWO M/NUTES LATES"
"MR. DOMINICK,THESE F/6URES
AREN'T VERY WEAT/ MR. DOMINICK, /
YOUR 7/E_ YOUR HA//? .. YOUR
APPEARANCES”,
SO I BOUGHT AN AXE...HEH, HEH.
AND TONIGHT T MA/TED FOR HIM?
HE...HE'S WOT SHREWD ANY -
MORES HE HASN'T GOT A 6000
HEAD ON HIS: SHOULDERS.
ANYMORESTHE LITTLE Guy's EYES ARE BLAZ~
ING AND HIS LIPS ARE TWISTED UP
IN A VICIOUS SNARL AND SALIVA IS
RUNNING DOWN HIS CHIN, MY STOM-
ACH CRAWLS AS I LOOK DOWN AT
THE ROUND~SHAPED SATCHEL...
7” CHOKE...YOU
MEAN.
N\ 240...His.
HE COMES UP WITH HIS KNEE IN
MY GUT AND WHILE I'M SINKING
DOWN IN AGONY, HE TAKES OFF
DID YOU SEE A Z/77LE YEAH THE
RUNT.,,.FIVE-FOOT-FOUR, ) PASSED US
MAYBE...CARRYING A A MINUTE
CANVAS BAG? AGO...HEADING
I HAD TO TAKE IT AWAY
FROM HIM! YOU CAN SEE
TO GUT OFF HIS
ROTTEN SNEERING
SCHEMING HEAD! 4
(60 SOUTH, SULLIVAN,
FASTS THAT SCREW-
BALL IS & HOMICIDAL
MANIAC, HE JUST HACKED
‘THE HEAD OFF SOME GUY
AND IT'S /M THAT BABY
I Feet Sick Wust LOOKING aT THE
BAG,'CAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT'S
IT... AHEAD... COLD, STARING,
GRIZZLY-GREEN HEAD. AND THEN,
SUDDENLY, THE IDIOT 1S. KICKING AND
SCREAMING AND THE FLASHLIGHT
FLYING FROM MY HAND AND SMASHING
ON THE WET CEMENT...
‘SULLIVAN GUNS THE PROWL CAR.
U-TURNING IT AND TAKING OFF SOUTH
AT SIXTY, ONLY THERE AIN'T NO
SIGN OF THE CRAZY KILLER...I CLIMB OUT AND WATCH THEN
PULL AWAY INTO. THE MIST...
LE'ME OUTAT THE
WEXT CORNER,
SULLIVAN, I'M
GOING TO TRY IT
On FOOT,
AND THEN ToHEAR iT.THE|CLICK-
CLACK OF FEET ECHOING OUT OF
THE DRIZZLE...qUICK-MOVING FEET.:
MOVING TOWARD ME...
X BOT YOU...
You crazy 4x!)
HE SPINS AROUND!'M NOT TAKIN’
ANY CHANCES, I SQUEEZE THE
His FACE AWAY
I PULL MY COLLAR AROUND MY
NECK AND START DOWN THE SHIM~
MERING SIDEWALK
I PULL out My .45. HE COMES
CLOSER..SWINGING THE BAG LIKE
HE WAS HAPPY... HUMMING SOFTLY...IT STanp over HIS TwITCHING THEN LOOK AT THE CANVAS
BODY UNTIL IT DON'T TWITCH ANY. SATCHEL LYING IN THE PUDDLE.
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wdLeon!
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OF COURSE, 17'S HIM? Pnot Hid, weLEOD f
LOOK! THERE'S THE WoT 7H/S GUY! CAR 2
BAGS HE'S GOT A HEAD JUST RADIOED IN THAT
iW THAT BAG! I KNOW 172g | THEY GOT YOUR MANIAC
La FEM MINUTES AGC...
T unzip THe SATCHEL, THE ROUND BLACK SPHERE
MOANS OUT ONTO THE GUTTER... Ly
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BETTER GIVE ME
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NIGHT IN- CAIRO... BEFORE NIGHTLY CAMPFIRES!* z
Va HE IS OF PHENOMENAL
HE 1S OLO, BUT STRONG STRENGTH! ALWAYS HE
AS A BULL? 3 LIVES IN SAHARA... YOU
CAN FIND HIM WITH
CARAVAN OF SHEIK
PAZAH!
VY Two KNOTS!
ANC THE BAR WAS
50, MY FRIENDS! THICKER THAN
YOU HAVE EXAMINED
THE STEEL BARS
AND NOW... (UGH!)
ATHE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT WERE STRANGE AND ALARMING! IN FACT THEY WERE...
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WE'RE READY,
EDMUNOS!
Suooenty, tHe coor To We
EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY Is
THRUST OPEN...ow’ reucH Lock ‘em UP IN Yas Ten MINUTES LATER...
ANYTHING THAT ROOM, =f. ic
You Fools.
YOU'VE UPSET
A CRUCIAL
EXPERIMENT!
KEEP THE RADIO TUNED l
TO THE POLICE BROAD- BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A
oy cASTs! f GREEN SEDAN. TWO THIEVES @|
E ' "| JUST HELO UP THE RADIAL &%
LABORATORY AT WESTHAM!
THEIR DESCRIPTION |5 AS
FOLLOWS.
THEY'LL NEVER FIGURE ; URANIUM THIEVES MAY BE & ey TURN COWN
WE TOOk ROUTE N2ZA/ lear ¥ DING SOUTH ON ROUT si mx THIS ROAD!
: 112A/ COVER THE INTERSECTION ~
OF 112A WITH CUMBERLAND
RoAD!THEY'LL NEVER THINK CAR 420!
OF COVERING THE
SECONDARY ROADS!
CAR 420/
HEAD DOWN ROUTE 140 IT! WE'LL
TO INTERSECTION WITH
SECONDARY ROAD FROM
WESTHAM!
f TAKE THG RADIO, YOU IDIOT.
IT'6 THE ONLY WA
CAN DOp
ATTENTION, CONSTABLE
SMITHERS! URANIUM
THIEVES REPORTED
HEADED TOWARDS
VILLAGE OF ULSTER
ON FOOT / THEY ARE
ARMED!
WE CAN STAY HERE UNTIL
THEY GET TIREC OF
, Ba LOOKIN FOR Us’
CAR 721! CAR 721!
PATROLMEN ROBERTS
ANO JASON...
PROCEED ON FOOT To!
ARWELL'S CAVE! gall THE CAVE! MAYBE
THIEVES MAY Be A. THERE'S ANOTHER
HIDING OUT THERE! ,
LET'S HEAD IMTOPWH-WHAT'S HAPPEN- : AIDING OUT!
ING? I-I FEEL THE CAVE’
AWFULLY DIZZY ae ach... OTHER Ex/T/
fist THEN, THEY CAME To AN THERE'S NOTHIN’ BUT
NING...
oPe i SPACE OUT THERE!
h I. WAS AERAIO OF THAT,
OF IT, PROFESSOR! WE PICKED OFFICER! WE WERE
UP THE THIEVES’ TRAIL! THEY CONDUCTING AN
WERE HEADING INTO THE ig? EXPERIMENT INTO AN
lOODS NEAR WESTHAM / UNEX| ‘EO
HEN THE TRACKS JU.
VAMISHED!
ny poe INTO THE MIDOLE oF
IT! THAT'S WHEREFOR YEARS ROSS HAD PEERED INTO HIS CRYSTAL GALL AND PRETENDED HE COULO READ
” FAE FUTURE! BUT THIS TIME THERE REALLY WAS SOMETHING THERE To SEE/
Ross! GET GOING/ I-I'M NOT SURE! “SN | ALL I SEE IS YOUR PHONY
WE JUST SWINOLED A BUT I THINK I’M SEEING CRYSTAL BALL! WHAT ARE
GUY OUT OF HIS LIFE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU TALKING ABOUT2
SAVINGS WITH YOUR HASN'T HAPPENED YET! ae
SWAMI ACT, REMEMBER? SOMETHING THAT'S
WHAT'S WRONG? GO/NG TO HAPPEN!
Sa
I COULDN'T BE =
MISTAKEN ABOUT
THAT JACKET
YOu'RE WEARING!
l ACTUALLY SAW
THE FUTURE!
YOU'D JUST KILLED ] | ARE You TRYING To
A MAN, AND THE SAY YOU'VE TURNED
POLICE WERE ABOUT] JINTO A REAL SWAMI
TO GRAB you! ALL OF A SUDDEN@
DON'T MAKE ME
LAUGH! WHAT'S
e—q THE GAG2ZTHAT'S BETTER! YOU WERE
‘ALWAYS SPINELESS FOR A CON
MAN/ LET'S GO BEFORE THAT
GUY GETS SMART AND HOLLERS
FOR THE POLICE!
WE HAVEN'T GOT TIME
POR HYSTERICS! YOU -
IMAGINED [T/
IT'S TRUE! YOU'RE GOING TON] JX SNAP OUT OF 117
KILL SOMEONE! I SAW ITS J) fmm pone
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