YOU THE HACKIE WHO FOUND THAT GUY ON THE WHARF TONIGHT? (Aa Wier Fx AM eur). HEY— I TOLD YOU— . THAT'S ALL! T HEARD THE SHOTS — es ION'T SEI YEAH? THAT'S im ; WHAT YOU ef THINK! HE DIDN'T SAY. ANYTHING! GET oY, IT, STUPID? FIND YOU, HACKIE. VICTIM'S LAST WoRD Was | LI THINK IT WAS A. HYDRA ~ WHATEVER THAT— POLICE REPORT— SOMETHING ABOUT. HYDRA— HACKIE, WHAT'D YOU TELL THE FUZZ WHAT I SAID! T FARD THE SHOTS—| I DIDN'T SEE A THE GUY TALKED BEFORE HE CROAKED. WHAT'D HE __HE SAID — HYDRA — OR SOMETHING IN YOUR BROADCAST TEN MINUTES AGO= DID YOu jg SAY THAT THE victim's (a LAST WORD. WAS. HYDRA?,HIS IS COLONEL WUZSTYXZ, WAS IT ‘A POLICE REPORT? DIANA'S UNCLE DAVE, THAVE To. HURRY BACK! GOT TO LOOK INTO THIS = CHIR, T'0. APPRECIATE YOUR SEEING AFRIEND, YES. A SHOOTING ON A Docic TONIGHT, COLONEL WHOF HIS NAME ) ANY FRIEND OF YOURS] [(MR.WALKERS— cARE ) NO,THANKS,} [OLD S0EY,ANBCCON-A | . IS WALKERS /— SEND HIM OVER, TO TAKE er ‘YOUR _/ CHIER A MON, STOOLIE — POOR FELLOW HAPPY TO SEE HIM, THEY LIVE ON Borrowed —_/ WHY. TIME. (WAS HE A SHOT? THE CAB DRIVER REPORTED HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE SHYDRAY, HYORA?—HYDROPHOBIA HYDRAULIC 2—HE WAS “IRVING 10 SAY» _— SOMETHING — "WHY =, DOESN'T (HE Take 7 OFF HIS har? SOMEVHING HE SHOULDNT? = HYDRA HAD NINE HEADS ‘OFF ONE — HE'D GROW TWO IN HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ) WHAT ARE TRYING TO SAY— YoU GETTING HYDRA, AT, HYDRA? WHAT IT MEAN, MR.- ER— $s WALKER? a WAS A 15 THIS MYTHOLOSICAL| FRIEND\ MONSTER —IT INFESTED EUROPE, MR ER- INTERESTING — NORTH AFRICA, TREES Ane NOW, IF YOU'LL y PARTS OF ASIA DO I CARE EXCUSE ME— — < ABOUT A “4 GANG 300 ||/ years Aco an & YEARS LASTED THERE WAS. ‘ AGO? TWO A, sean Ai) od. CENTURIES, HYDRA, THAT NUT! 100 YEARS AsO— Bi WHARF LAST HE TALKS : ANCIENT 7 GIVE DAVE PALMER STORY. | MY REGARDS. IF YOU } ‘ i = NEED MORE HELP E X ; ‘ASK THE SERGEANT. BO) ONE OF My—ER— IT WAS SERGEANT! WHICH OFFICER DAVE, WHO DESTROYED — WE THOUGHT— FOUND THE MAN ON THE C g 4 m, CHIEF, L HOPE You ‘MAN ON THE WHARF LAST NIGHT. WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY TO YOU BESIDES 5_“HYORA*? THEY GOT TO YOU. 1S /—\_ DROP THAT! THE BOYS THAT WHERE YOU GOT GOT TO YOU—TOLD You _/ THE BLACK EYE? _/ OUT OF is NOT TO TALK— -—— SS MY, CAB— z : “seat 4 OR TLL 7 BRAIN Yous ‘THAT'S HOW YOu GOT THAT BLACK EYE. SORRY ABOUT THAT— My JUST TELL ME ONE THING.HAVING A CHIT-CH ABOUT? WE TOLD HIM NOT TO TALK, \ WHAT BUSINESS [5 IT OF 1 SEE, WHAT YOUR: 2 WAS YOUR DON'T BE SMART QUESTION © WE ASK THE es I QUESTIONS, YOU ANSWER. WHAT WeRE ) TELL IT LIKE F WE TALKING ABOUT? HAM IIs. TWAS ASKING DIRECTIONS S. SET A ao WATCH A, THIEF 10. NGTPRRECTIONS 10, “WHERE”. s TO WHITHER, WHITHER ES, : ARE OUR YOUTH = WO GF CUESTION=— DRIFTING? © cm Pane Ch Ouse YOU TRYING TO PUT ME ON?NO, NOT AT ALL, ASK YOUR FRIEND: 7ER THAN Liab JUNGLE SAYING THIS MAN 1s BADLY WOUNDED. GET HIM To THE NEAREST HOSPITAL [I BAT ONCE! THE OTHER HDYRA THE HYDRA SILENCE GUNMAN FLEES — THEIR OWN! WE CAN'T 4 LET THIS ONE ESCAPE 1 move, alTHAT KILLER GOT AWAY. IF THE ONE WE SENT To THE HOSPITAL LIVES — WE HAVE A LEAD TO THE M YORA AT LAST! He PHANTOM PURSUES THE HYDRA GANGSTER— TAKE HIM TO.) 1 KNOW. WON'T I AVER GET EMERGENCY, OUT OF THIS THING? YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE OUT { A POLICE REPORT : ON This, CABBIE, GUY PULLS HIM IN THE CAB — SOMEBODY) DON'T KNOW His NAME, BUT MY FAMILY HAS KNOWN 2 HIS CROWD FOR AGES, Do ce TAKING OFF. I LOST ENOUGH TIME TORIGHT, \. IN MY CAB! IF YOU_WANT TO TALK TO THE NOT HIM— HIS. a PATIENT, COME BACK IN KIND. 1" RO THE MORNING— BS. AFIER THE POLICE SEE meth Back. ; . HIM. ee | Pia THEY'LL waNT od A f TO TALK 10 . Eek YOU SINCE YOuNE [> Known { PI vin vor ‘ p( "AGES! r N eeSOME \\ HE DIDN'T KIND OF ) SOUND Like NuT? /THAT To Me. ) “HE SOUNDED. ‘MARVELOUS! ) THERE HE GOES, GET HIM? TAKE HIM OUT? YOU CAN'T WITHOUT AN ORDER-UH— HERE'S THE ORDER! GET . A STRETCHER, FIRST—THE POOR STOOLIE — WHOSE LAST WORD WAS "HYDRA" THIS GANG'S TRY- # ING TO WiPE CUT “ANYONE WHO EVEN HEARD THAT— THEY WANT TO b REMAIN UVKNOWAL WHERE'S THE GUY WHO WAS DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE STOPPED A CENTURY AGO. THEY MUST BE WORLD- WIDE= HYDRA. Hi THEM Wi IN THERE. ASLEEP. Sy: YOU cAPOLICE. MUST BE QUESTIONING THE WOUNDED MAN. THAT MAN WITH THEY TIED UP OUR ) NIGHT NURSE AND) INTERN AND“ CARRIED HIM THE D0G—HE WAS HERE YESTERDAY. =ASKING ABOUT THE CASE. : T \ TELL THE POLICE ABOU ? ) His GANG UNTIL LEARN SOMETHING CAN HARDLY. IDENTIFY MYSELF TO THE POLICE—MUCH LESSA CROOK WHOM T DON'T KNOW, THE GUY WITH THE Dos? ‘OUR ONLY LEAD TO THE THAT GONE! THE GANG GRABBED Hin =VICIOUS CROWD: THEY'LL stop: AT NOTHING, TO REMAIN SECRET, N STO} WHEN WE DID, BEING FOLLOWE! WONDERFUL. J DID HE KNOW HE WAS: © FOLLOWED? HE GAVE MEHMM=HYORA TAKES NO CHANCES, USES A MUTE TOTRAL me! CANIT WHERE 1S THE TALK IF HEADQUARTERS OF YOUR GANG — THE HYDRA? TALK! - ‘CAUGHT — # I WANT YOU TO "PHANTOM 1S ROUGH. LEAD ME TO YOUR WITH ROUGHNECKS "— GANG HEADQUARTERS: OLO JUNGLE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING NO? — . : IT'S Us. IF we NOT THERE BEFORE 12:00 YOU WON'T HEAR THE CHIMES! YES? 3 ROUGH GUY — QUARTERS. NO S ME AT ‘ONE WILL SEE ME FOLLOW You WANT HERE — THEN START INS MINUTES, T'UL BE WATCHING BUT THe THe... XORA— A MYTHO- | |—CUT OFF ONE HAD AND PHANTOM | LOGICAL MONSTER WHH\ | TWO GREW WV ITS PLACE FOLLOWS — |) WINE HEROS! | | AS HERCULES FOUND ON THE TRAIL OF THE MYSTERIOUS HYORATHERLULES = THEMITH GATS NALLY DESTROYED. HIORA WITH SWORD AND FIRE! THE PHANTOM WHO CAN TRAIL EIS CATSIN THE DARK HAS NO TROUBLE FauGHing MUM INSTEAD I LED HIM HERE. y now, WASN'T THAT SMART J WOW THE PHANTOM TRANS MODERN. HYERA— THE MYSTERIOUS. CRIMINAL BANOS MAYBE HE'S WATCHING — WHOEVER HE IS —IF HE THINKS T'tL LEAD HIM TO. OUR HQ. — HE'S CRAZY, IF THIS GUY WAS WHAT Guy? WATCHING — I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO SEE ME TALKING. I PLAYED DUMB: LIKE I COULDN'T TALK. WASN'T) STUPID. You'Re L RIGHT? 2suPrOSED TO VIAL HIM. YOU HAVE LEO Hi ANYWHERE, THAT GuY— SAID HE'D. FOLLOW ME— +A DON'T SEE HM TIL TAKE HIM TO.OUR DEATH L DON'T KNOW. THE GUY ZED ASKED ME TO TAIL. HE NABBED ME. 1 PROMISED TO LEAD HIM TO-OUR Ha: CAUGHT You cor NO PLACE TOGO!FINISH HIM, ) NO. BIG BULL? _'/ suRF J TONIGHT, ea [ i OU TALK AFTER ALL!( ~- WHERE THEY TRIED TO YOu ig YOU PRETENDED’ You KINDA--CRAZY COULDN'T TALK, Tae S es UH-YOU'RE B® THEY ONLY GIVE ed, THE Guy YOU ONE CHANCE: y I Lep I'M ANO-GOOD BUM. I TRIED TO GET YOU KILLED! STILL YOU SAVED My LIFE? WHY?, UL EVERY man's ar ure is PRECIOUS ~ NO ONE ELSE WOULD RISK THEIR NECK FOR ME. YOu DIP! WHO--ARE YOu? Jit Seon you. FIRST, LEAD ME TO THE NOW THEY: By HYDRA CENTER -- 10 Fi HELP ME BAILED ME OFF A DEA DEsTRoy SMALL RAP. NOW H Fan THEY OWN ME. WALL OVER THE YOU can't! HEISTS, RACKETS, WORID! AND You KNOCK OFF DRUGS, BOOZE, WANT TO"DESTROY", ONE, TWO GAMBLING -- THEM ~~ ALONE? TAKE HIS PLACE! YOU NAME oe iTAMAZING YOU'D SAY THAT. THERE WAS A BEAST CALLED HYDRA -- WITH NINE HEADS. (MUM, HOW MANY PEOPLE. WERE TAKEN INTO THAT HYDRA "DEATH HOUSE? WHO KNOWS? MANY WENT IN, NONE CAME OUT “ALIVE. THE GANG WON'T THINK IT'S FUNKY, NOW-~ A LOOK AT THEIR "DEATH HOUSE,” 'LL_ NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN ~~ sr TIL WAIT A WHILE == J BECAUSE HE SAID MY LIFE is PRECIOUS--MINE-- \=WHATIS GOING ON IN THERE? WHOEVER THAT GUY IS WHO WENT IN... HE'S: IN TROUBLE.., WHAT 1S: : THIS HOUSE OF i ? HYDRA IS AN ABOMINATION~ 2 leMAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S: ‘OKAY NN BULL-- THIS WINDOW'S, WHO'D BE CRAZY YOU MUSTA Pe ni ENOUGH TO LEFT IT OPEN, Saucy BREAK IN _ TTHIG HYDRA HOUSE OF EVIL“ MUST BE DESTROYED IN. THEY (GuLp) MUSTA CAUGHT HIM-~ BULL--THAT MARK: WASN'T THERE ‘BEFORE SOMEBODY 16 HERE? TUL RING THE ALARM! SUS r ALARM FROM TEN MINUTES! = B-- THAT'S. THE DEATHFIND HIM Fast, WHO- EVER JT IS! L ALREADY GAVE THE ALARM. @ NO TROUBLE OUTSIDE ALERT FROM STATION 13, THAN THO MINUTES HAVE VE TEN MINUTES THE | greesIF THE ALARM IS NOT "TROUBLE"AT S7ATION IB, TURNED OFF IN TEN MINUTES, STATION 13 WILL BE INSTANTLY WILL BE DESTROYED? DESTROYED! HOw? HOW? T DON'T KNOW! ONLY SEVEN MINUTES LEFT-- 100K IN THIS TERRIBLE PLACE, 1 HATE TO. THINK HOW I'S BEENW THE HOUSE OF HYDRAZ HOP RA HERDQUARTERS. ONE MINUTE To Go=1F SULL NOSIEN OF ANYTHING THE LIGHT REMAINS ON, QUISIDE AT THE HOUSE ie HOUS: E TH EWI BUT THE ALARM is ILL BE D INSTANTLY /YN THE HOUSE TEN MINUTES OF HYDRA ‘ARE UP! DESTROY STATION 13--THEY ARE BLOWING. UP THE PLacE/ MY FRIEND STILL INSIDE-- N ALIVE? eo THE BOMB MECHANISM Wc WELL! IN A SHORT TIME A STATION 13 WiLL NO. ag MA, LONGER EXIST. 2 gcll THEY DION'T EVEN GIVE MEA CHANCE TO GET OUT! WE'RE FINISHED’ | quick-- THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR! NOBODY IN THERE — CAN GET OuT! FIRE ENGINES ARE TOO LATE. THE BUILDING AnD ALL INIT ARE FINISHED! GO, MAN! it's “THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS. INFERNO!THE HOUSE OF HYORA |S FINISHED-- THE PLACE 1S FINISHED! TRY TO JM KEEP THE FIRE FROM SPREADING-- HOW MANY.) ONLY ONE--] WERE CAUGHT IN THAT 7 BULL-- PLACE?, UNLESS HE GOT OUT, TOO. WHEN WE FOUND ANY TROUBLE, WE WERE SUPPOSED. TO RING THE WE HAD TEN. MINUTES To FIND THE TROUBLE EDION' THE END OF STATION (3, “AND ALL INIT. RITE A FULL REPORT 10 THE CENTER, HOW ID THE FIRE START? Jessen)HUH YOU TALK. FUNNY, SAY, WHO ARE YOu? NEVER MINO. WHERE ARE THEY? OD0-- IN, THE ANCIENT HE FOUND WHEN HE USED FIRE, eae i FOR HERCULES ‘GOOD. Now FOUGHT wont wy HYDRA-- HE HEAD Js. CUT OFF ONE PestRoveD HEAD, TWO 8 SPRANG INITS PLACE. YOU'RE LYING -- YOu SAID-= "HOW COULD THEY START THAT FIRE FROM ALL THAT, WAY ACROSS TOWN?" YOURE CRAZY! THEY'LL FINISH BOTH OF US! THEY TRIED TO FINISH YOU IN. THAT FIRETRAP! TAKE ME! YOU Witl—TO SAVE YOUR, | OWN NECK. WHOEVER THAT MASKED GUY WAS ~~ HE DIED. IN THERE--7 NEVER MIND, ‘MUM. I DID. So DID A FELLOW WORKER OF * YOURS! MUM-YOU KNOW IT WAS MY JOB,YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO) PROVE THAT. NOW SHOW US THE HYDRA HQ! GO! WHEN WE NAB THIS CROWD, THE, POLICE WILL NEED YOUR TESTIMONY. “IE YOU. NAG THEM, al JAK'S GOING TO ‘SHOW US HYDRA H.Q.! HE'S RIGHT, S We Wont COUNT OUR \ CHICKENS yer. YOU WILL--TO SAVE YOUR NECK! YOU WERE PART OF THE HYDRA -- HOW MANY. Bip you KILL = MUM, YOU GUARD THIS JOKER, REMEMBER, HE TRIED TO FINISH YOU, TIM NOT. LIKELY WILL I FIND HYDRA INSIDE THIS FACTORY ?SWITCH | WORK. B LANTERN BACK bTHERE— ALL THOSE VIEWING ‘SCREENS 7 THE HYORA H.Q.— BUT WHERE ARE THEY? WERE THEY USED FOR? HAVE THE CHICKENS. FLOWN THE coop? eA THE WIRES HAVE. BEEN PULLED OUT! WHAT WAS THIS BUTTON SYSTEM? WAS THS HOW THEY STARTED THE DON'T. MOVE ~- STAY WHERE YOU ARE: DON'T MOVE YOU'RE COVERED FROM ALL YOU ARE A. LS YOU MUST BE DISTURBANCE. oe DESTROYED. THE VOICE GOES ON- UNHEE YOU CAN'T ESCAPE OU WILL BE DESTROYED: y SY WHERE ARE NOT PERMIT ibs YOU-- WHO. ARE YOU?YOU Wike BE DESTROYED HURRY Wit ‘ARE YOU FOR THIS YOU MUST BE DESTROYED. THE : VOICE IS ¥ COMING FROM, HERE! HYORA DEMANDS \ COMPLETE SECREC: DISCOVERED OUR. EXISTENCE-~ You mMusT OE You MUST OU. 7 THAT WAS SET OFF WHEN T CAME INTO. THE PLACE You mus? YOU au THEY, TOO, WILL GO. / OFF AUTOMATICALLY. IF I BREAK A BEAM—THOSE GUNS may 3 THIS TAPE 1S OFF iF I BREAI EVIDENCE AGAINST_| MUST DIE-- \THE BEAM-- THE 2 THE GANG, MUST CIE— ) QUESTION 15, = 7 WHERE 1S THE BEAM?, WHEN T TOUCHED THE TAPE MACHINE --_ THAT SET OFF THE JJ ZA iaup BROKE-- STARTED THE FIRE--CAN'T NOONE IN >) ANOTHER FIRE - YOU'VE ONLY ANOTHER HYDRA SCRATCHED fill) | THE SURFACE! HYDRA GOES THERE. THEY Pace | Hi > ‘ON AND ON? “HYDRA'S'HEADS™ ARE GONE IN THE LEGEND, SOME DAY: HERCULES DESTROYED. WE'LL FIND THE MONSTER WITH FIRE AND SWORD, SOME DAY WE'LL 4 FINISH OUR