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Once upon a time, when comic books were ten cents and caped heroes
could fly and do it so well that Superman sued Captain Marvel over the privi-
lege and whacked him out of the sky.. .and the public howled that the Human
Torch was setting a horrible example for American youths, expecting them to set
themselves on fire and jump off a rooftop with no Sub-Mariner to save them on
the way down. ..and illiterate kids and adults were learning to read by associat-
ing pictures with words. ..it was an era that opened up new vistas to writers and
artists who had no other market to work in.
I found that market while 1 was still battling editors in the established
“slick’ magazines of the time. It was a hurry-up business: big intros, fast story-
lines and memorable endings. Dialog was simple: ughs and take that, comic
book versions of the movies' “Which way did they go. Pard?” The pay wasn’t
all that great, but if you could turn out volume you ate well.
I worked for FUNNIES. INC., a studio that packaged complete comics

for publishers. Our boss, Lloyd
Jacquet, a dead ringer for Douglas
MacArthur (corncob pipe and all),
was a wonderful man, but could
never understand living among
wildcat writers and artists. All of
us were pretty much freelance
people, so firing us would have
been a useless gesture. Once we
tossed a carton of four-inch paper
“helicopters" out the window and
watched them hover in the heat
radiating from the street 20 stories
below. The damn things refused to
go down. They rose over New
York and crossed the river into
Jersey. Three papers carried sto-
ries about this strange “event.”
We never mentioned it to them,
either. Lloyd Jacquet just shook
his head and went back to his “of-
fice."
World War II changed the market somewhat. It gave us Nazis and
Japanese for the bad guys, and crazier plots to invent. But when the main
body of the comic book workforce went into the military, those left behind
When we came back to find
got stuck in the rut of tanks and machine guns.
our former jobs taken, we changed course and went into westerns, romance,
and other pussycat adventures that took the edge off the hard stuff we
learned during the war. And it sold. We were older. We hadn’t lost the fine
cutting edge. We got back in the groove again. Superman flew higher. Bat-
man made the movies. Television opened up new vistas, and those old comic
book crews hit paydirt.
During the forties, something new had been added.. .the advent of
the paperbacks. At first they were only reprints of hardcover books, but 1 saw
a new marketplace. The public demand
would eat upthe old stuff, and then
there —
would be original paperbacks and one more great area for writers to
roam in. I had to go through the full routine, though. I wrote I. The Jury E.P.
:
Dutton published it in hardcover volume that got lousy sales. But Roscoe
Fawcett, who was a distributor then, saw the paperback sales potential. He
wangled a deal for New American Library to reprint, while he distributed,
and ZINGO, comics came into its own. Mike Hammer has been in novels,
on television, radio, and in comics.. .as his prototype, Mike Danger, who was
ready to hit the market just as WWII came along.. .and had to suffer in silence
for fifty years before hitting the big time again!
Right: After sixty years, Mickey Spillane

a comics fan. He is shown here with
is still
his Mike Hammer prototype. MIKE

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THE FANTASTIC THRILLK
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CASE WHEN _
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THE ELECTRIC BillS OF THE WATER HOUSE HAVING SUCH A
FRONT SECTION.... ARE THERE LARGE ELECTRICITY
ANY THAT SEEM — WELL.
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COMPANY — COME TO You ARE just
1
HEY/ OP up / ^ READ THE METERS- in time!!

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MC^ to ^' ght -
JACK \S led through A FAKE Panel. IN

the Kitchen, down a maze of winding
Stairways past rows of life-like bod'E
,
that Seem to twitch now and then.

powN down down
THIS BEAUTIFUL Girl SHE
• •• BUT ENOUGH OF YOUR USELESS QUESTIONS.
mmost dead ukf the
— V*E HAVE LOST A PATIENT AND THE DOCTOR.
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-these:
SHE MUST UNDERGO
MORE TREATMENTS EVPERlMENT^.l âll f
THAN THE OTHERS- 1
HER WILL Power is /
HARDER. TO
BREAK S N. J}
DOWN f l
\S HE PASSES
THE
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Girl, JACK IS
TOUCHED BY A HALF WARNING^
NO- UM-F APPEALING LOOK IN HER EYES.
r our owrJ
BREED-- THEY
TAKE CARS
OF THE USELESS
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HE IS
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y IT'S ,
INCREDIBLE!
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A FANTASTIC LOOKING LABORATORY.
METER READER?
THIS MAM IS NO,'
^^^ftEADCR!
r FEEL^
idiot! tou
I don't
LIKE AHVTHING
SHALL BECOME A
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. MUCH HAVE COME
MOV ALONE .- THAT
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you ARE
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you SHALL [•
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A of mV
LIVING
CORPSES!
1
JACK 'S STRAPPED TO AN

TABLE UNDERNEATH ALL-
OPERATING
KINDS OF
QUECRL-V SHAPED TUBES, BULBS AND WIRE
UNDER. THE INFLUENCE OF THE LIGHT, 'fOUVfi GOT Mr V-n 3>OCTOR! HMIIIkM THOUSANDS
WRONG, PROFESSOR ) OF AHEAD OF TOUR
TOO WILL RE SENT OUT TO DO mV I'M MOT A COP*.
MISSIONS. -YOU WIU. Kill THOSE WHO 'DOCTORS HAVE CAPTURED THE
’
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AM A DOCTOR, " .THE WIND"

IN MV WAV INTERESTED IN , THE STORM
AND V OUR EXPERIMENTS ? THE
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CONQUEROR
OF THF
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^ IN THE DAYLIGHT !! TOU TO SAT BEFORE
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NOU BECOME MV
MADE MV OWN fc FORTUNATE.
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DARKNESS TOO..
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live in
ROSES ARE \ HAH/ TOO MAKE

RED -VIOLETS ARC / FUN
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TOU'RE SCREW V-
SHO 'NUFF...
SEE ! 'M
1 HE ENRAGED SORR.T TO DiSSKPPoiNT TOU ARE ]

DOCTOR PULLS A YOU , DOC BUT it's / MAD ,
•
SERIES OF SWITCHES. NOT GOING TO yif AlWATS

THE STRANGE TUBES WORK THIS TIME- r WORKS.^
and bulbs come" to
LIFE... CRACKLING,
SPUTTERING
A BRIGHT GREEN
RaS Beats down oN
JACK UNMERCIFULLY-
HE SEEMS TO FCEl_
SLEEPY, BUT MUSTERS
All His Will power.
-
TO STAY AWAKE ...
!
I HAPPEN TO "THOSE OTHER POOR- SOULS Vou

UNDERSTAND Put under Your, spell were all.
HYPNOSIS, 'We^k Minded Sums NlOW
V$1 10U DO NOT PROFESSOR- YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE a. M-/
SLEEP LIKE •* ''WILL POWERSTRONGER -tmaN
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VOUR WARPED MiND AND L RC TUS£
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TNC OrNERS?
WHY!?/
TO SUBMIT / ^
Fool/ You shall . MAD DOCTOR.

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' SENDS ms
ON MORE PoWCR . machinery itfro
THAN ANYONE HAS ]
FOIL POWER.. THE*
DIN IS TERRIFIC AND
Had before: J! /
THE LIGHT UNREARABLE
MoRtr /
more/
Suddenly there comes a Blinding,

DEAFENING BLAST... EVERYTHING SEEMS
TO EVPlODE-.. JACK peels a REARING
FUNNY-.- 1 Pain AS though he w£ftc struck By All
SHOULD B.C
the ELEMENTS HE SEEMS TO
1
gg ON PiRE
DEAD BUT —
. . .
But
\ feel- Stronger, and
Setter than \
EVER. D\D BEFORE

oh/ the GIRL 1
.
SUDDENLY as it HAPPENED,
everything DIES down everything ...
BUT A BRIGHT GLOW FROM JACK'S SoPY-

KU THE POWERFUL SCIENTIST |S UNHARMED
NftAGEO, HE SWOOPS DOWN ON jaCk
'WITH MV
RARE HANDS,
\
tWILL KILL VOU
"you have
ruined mv
^LABORATORV
WELL,
mv fighting
I'LL
f / H To
MahwemcHt,
HiS great
AH'* WAN ..
j V W
JACK FINDS
HIMSELF POSSESSED
OF UNBELIEVABLE STRENGTH
\MHN,
CAN
I ;
Pick him up
LIKE A PIECE"
OF PAPER-/
LOOK I BLOW
How TO get THE CHAINS OFF? AT THE BiROS
xNHV,T WET MELT WHEN PvILL- AND THE'/ AR.£
I
ON THEM/ DASHED TO
. THE CEILING. '
W- WHERE AM I?
I SEEM TO
AWAKEN ••
THE DOCTOR HAD ^

HARNESSED THE ELEMENTS..
%
WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURED
the Electrical power must
Have Surged through vour
BodVj Along with the Rav ^
OF LIVING DEATH, AND
CREATED A COMPLETE" }\ ®\
-
CHEMICAL CHANGE , J :
NM
Giving TOO VNTCLD V
MOW THAT 'fOO'RG WOMGy NOu've &0T... Will i
^HO C.AN
EVCH. S6€ NO0
^ COT OP RESTING AGfMN?
GOME AND
\ DON'T EVEN
KNOW ms -
NAME ...
— .
I'M MIGHT, JlkCK PHONES COB. A AND THAT'S THE WHOlE

MEETING WITH CAPTAIN BENSON Story IT Sff MS
fcn A-Et
THAT now POSSESS wrrHiM
l
*HY, MRM !- IT
'Strange
I
FEELS MW BODY MlTMC PoWffi
TOuR PACE IOP THE WlNO,TME RaiN
»* - APPI V') indeed- I THE STORM
IT
v» think i
I even the sunlight..
to BE CKN 4
liarkliNG: explain..
INCREDIBLE .
1
THtUK OP ALL THE GOOC> I CAM

t>o With these powers
Au. the need"/ people CaM BUT -fOOR FACE -•• 'NKCH TOO GET
HELP ... \ WILL OEVOTE^^
.1
MGRW; IT FLARES VI P AS IF AFlRE
MW LIES' TO SUCH A 1 'M'VE THOUGHT OF^\

T ASWl ^ THAT
WEAR
AlSo... I'll
A COSTUME...
TT
||r
1
AMO A MASK TOO...

THE WtCKEO WILL LEARN
TO PEAR THE FIERY y
MASK 1
1/
AND SO IS BORN k_ STRIKING TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE

\NICKED-- AND BRlNGlNG HOPE TO THE NEEDY"
FOLLOW THE AMAZING ADVENTURES
of THF FlFRY MASK
D
Into the maelstrom OF

CRIME AND CORRUPTION THAT
CALLS ITSELF CIVILIZATION,
SWOOPS A POWERFUL, MYSTERIOUS
Champion known, only as
THE RED RAVER •
HE HAS DEDICATED H!S LIFE

AND POWERS TO THE: CEFENSE
AND PRESERVATION OF DECENT
SOCIETY ON EARTH.
ON a stormy NIGHT, the cupper ship, wing- GRIPPED IN AN

ing |T5 WAY ACROSS THE TREACHEROUS PACIFIC'
ET,THE crart
SUDDENLY IS THROWN OFF ITS COURSE.— AT THE MERCY
SUDDENLY THE SHIP l5 CATAPULTED FIERCELY
fttNSNS ONTO A MY5TEROU5 FLOATING ISLAND IN TH£
r clouds and crashes to its doom
OF THE
IL FATED
SHIP.
A MOTHER
OFFERS
JP
A PRAYER
FOR
THE
safety
Of HER
BABY
BOY
* VORBlDLY-CURlOUS GROUP
*HA BITANT5 OF THE STRANGE
r.(_AND. GATHER ABOUT THE
IN HUSHED CURIOSITY
THE WEIRD ORDMEN TAKE

THE LCNE SURVIVOR OP THE
HOLOCAUST TO ThBR KING'S
CASTLE
n
He BEHOLDS US CURIOUSLY. HIS *-
I —
PREMATURE MIND CANNOT FATHOM
THE MYSTERIES OF EVOLUTION.
HE CANNOT CONSTRUE THAT AS
MAN CAME FROM AÊS. WE
WERE EVOLVED FROM B-RDS
IN THIS GRAVITY-FREE
ISLAND ,
QC
“the *
GODS
SPACED
ONLY THIS
^ WAIF HE SHALL NEVER STOP. I SHALL RAlS
GROW UP TO DESTROY P HIM TO BE THE STRC
US. HE MUST EST AND WISEST HU/
,
/£\
VDIE
/I
v! Y U^
THERE IS NEED FOR SL
MAN IN THIS WICKED
WOR_D I
GUIDED WISELY BY THE

KINDLY KING CF THE &RD-
1
MEN, THE ORPHANED YOUTH

GREW WISER AND STRONGER
WITH THE PASSING Or EACH
YEAR. THE STRANGE EXIST-
ING CONDITIONS WHICH
ENABLED THE BIRDS TO
OUTGROW THE SlCW RACE
OF USUAL EVOLUTiON. HAS
EFFECTED THE KING'S HU-
MAN WARD AND HE HAS
LEARNED THE SECRETS
WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE 1 YOU ARE AS BRAVE AS OUR BRAVEST BIRD. 1

YOU. YOU HAVE LEARNED * THE RAVEN. I SHALL CALL YOU THE RED
OUR SECRETS OF HAPPINESS. RAVEN. WITH THE AID CF THE WINGS WE
ON PEACEFULNESS AND CHARITY. MADE YOu. YOU SrlA^ GO BACK TO
HIS
TWENTIETH
BIRTHDAY,
THE RAP'D STR.DE OF
EVOLUTION HAS Si YEN
^ YOUR PEOPLE AND DEVOTE
YOUR LIFE TO ERADICATING WYOUR WISH.
^ /
^
THE
RED-THATCHED
YOU A FAR SUPERIOR
BRAJN AND BODY^^^H
JM THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKB/^pM REGAL
FOR UNHAPPINESS IN FATHER,. ^
J
earthman, /
ITHBR WORLD. THIS iS MY
RfK^wiSHw/
WHO HAD ^ ^ IS ( command.
GROWN i shall
\ GO
TO MANHOOD, I
J
r iV BACK i
ll v
IS CALLED -o
BEFORE
r ' A 4# people..
^^-ap? y-
THE KING
IAwja MHI
f-
/
MY
,
WHAT
BACK A MESS!
"N EARTH.
THE
M\O RAVEN
LtARNS
*J» THE
APPALLING
' >JN0:T|ONS
WHICH
EXIST
THE RED RAVEN'S PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

REVEALS ENDLESS BREADLINES, POVERTY,
DISEASEAND SHATTERED HOPES EVERYWHERE
MAN
WANTED
THE RED RAVEN DECIDES

TO FIND EMPLOYMENT
IN ORDER TO FURTHER
PROBE THE EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
w]§^j|f
COME ON BACK, '
TEAR- BOMB, I'M OUST GETTING
THROWN "O^sWARMED UP J
BY POLICE,
disperses
THE
SCRAPPERS-
ALL EXCEPT
THE
RED RAVEN
WHO
REMAINS
FOR MORE
ACTION
BUT IN HIS SUBTERRANEAN
CASTLE, ZEELMQ THE RUTH-
LESS DEMON WHO HAS BEEN
DRAINING THE WORLD OF ITS
RICHES THROUGH VARIOUS
NEFARIOUS MEANS. HAS
WATCHED THE EPISODE IN-
VOLVING THE RED RAVEN
THROUGH HIS
MACHINE —
A MECHANISM
COMPETENT OF DEPICTING
ALL TROUBLESOME SCENES
EVERYWHEHRE
THE TEAR-GAS HAS A WEAKENING EFFECT Of

THE RED RAVENAND POLICE OVERPOWER HIM
SNATCHING
THE
RED RAVEN
FROM
THE POLICE,
THE THUGS
TOSS
A DEADLY
MISSILE
AT THE
PATROL
WAGON
AH GOLD, CUTrEBfN6... RADIANT... YOU SHALL SERVE ME I HAVE BEtN WINNING^
6UMMER1NG GOLD. GOLD WHICH HAS THE BATTLE OF THE SURVIVAL CF THE FITTEST.
ARE STRONG AND BRAVE. ..AS MY SLAVE
DEFYING
THE
HdwER-MAD
TYRANT.
THE:
RED RAVEN
REFUSES
TO
BECOME.
PART
OF THE.
WICKED
MACHINE:
THE TYRANT PUSHE5 AN OBSCURED BUT
— .
” WHO DID
YOU FALL
^ FOR?
CM
REVIVES THE RED RAVEN,WHO SEES
Vt RJ.VAN BODY CATAPULTING TOWARDS HIM
» '
3 GAS’ MEMBRANOUS
begins WINGS A\AY
TO JR « SAVE US <
INTO THE
AR-T1GHT
chamber,
the girl
WATCHES
HER
PUTSERNN-
DEATH
iBFfe
the
«D RAVEN
MUSTERING ALL HlS STRENGTH, DESPITE HIS

HANDICAPS, THE RED RAVEN FINALLY MANAGES
to Budge the door - -
1
DON'T WEAKEN.
REMEMBER,
LIFE BEGfNS S r 06H-.
AT FORTY / UGH-.
I- 1 THINK
I HAVE
NMsDCAPPED W THE WQGKT OF THE GRl
N5 DECREASING VITALITY, DUE TO THE GAS
WHICH 6 AGING HIM, THE RED RAVER DES-
orrc. UlC eVTDt/V5f>L.i« rv.,
prre h>s mr-.
, V
stcength.caknot
,
tvjp- r-v-r-'o
/
TThey
LOOK./
[ A fit
Alive/- f
SPRooTCJ)
WlNOS/
^ BLAST v^.
THE DOG TO
kingdom
COME',
/ WE
r MUST GET
OUT Or
^ HERE
Before
THE GAS
OVERCOME?
US J
WHEN THE GAS
FILLS THIS ROOM
^
it
WILL BE BLOWN TO
SMITHERIN Sm|
THE RED RAVEN TAKES THE GIRL THROUGH

THE WINDING CHANNELS TO SAFETY j
so thatsYahd HE WAS AMD THIS RED *->

y
WHERE THE RESPONSIBLE \ RAVEN YOU TOLD <
)
GOLD WAS / p OR ALL THOSE US ABOUT, WHERE"

1
GOING TO / MURDERS ANr

N
DEATHS, YOU
'~\ SAY '
/ HE SAID HE )
f WAS GOINS < '
> BACK TO HIS
GOOD-BYE. PERHAPS ISLAND IN THE
W7SOMEWE WILL MUST
“ DAY. I
MEET AGAIN
FIND i
.
CLOUDS. BUT
THAT HE MAY
ZEELMOS HENCHMEN AND 1
SEE ME AGAIN
THE MANY OTHER GOLD J
CACHES WHICH THEY HAVE THISIS TOO
HIDDEN SOMEWHERE ZJ J
I MUCH FOR /
MEy-^L-
—
I 'TOOMAKE AN
*•
OOO REQJEST---
A MECHANISM WViCX
CAN DETECT THE .
-f PRESENCE OP
ELEMENTS /
You MUST MURRY---
FOR EVEN NOW THE:
7 PPLMO UNDERUNSS
ARE CARRYING On HiS
r marauding plans j
AFTER MANY HOURS OF ARDUOUS WORK ARMED WON THE ELEMENT DETECTOR, TH&
THE ROYAL SCIENTIST IS ELATED AT THEr RED RAVEN SWOOPS OYER THE COUNTRYSIDE
FRU(T OF HIS EFFORTS. IN A FEVERISH ATTEMPT TO FIND TWEGODOC*
it rr CANT BE
^ I have rr— THIS DOESN'T WORK
•ANELEMENT DETECTOR i 1
WHEN THE NEEDLE POINTS
TO 17.000 MASNEMATIC <
PREiONS IT DESIGNATES '
THE PRESENCE OF SOLD-
tar And when...
UNDOUBTEDLY
THE THIEVES HAVE
the soup in subter-
ranean VAULTS. IF
I CANT FIND THEM...
PERHAPS THEY CAN *|
», FIND ME.'
WITH THIS
1 SHALL
FERRET
CUT THE
THIEYES I
-
WAVING LURED THE THIEVES, AND OVERPOWER-

ED THEM, RED RAVEN PREPARES TO SO INTO
m BEEN
SAVING THIS
ACTION AS THE FEARED BlRDMAN ?
FOR YOUR_, SORRY TO

[V.S'T'
HAVE.BEEN A BAD )
HOST - - HOW l
'
ABOUT ONE OF >

YOU ACCOMPANYING
X ME tri
ON A UTTLEr
p_ y
DON'T DROP ME,

IU. LEAD YOU/
ANYTHING ^
L YOU SAY/ 1
AT THE
W AW -HA-HA-
THE RED RAVEN-
STRONGHOLD I'LL CLIP HIS
OF THE WINGS/
GOLD .
THIEVES,
ZEELMO’S
SUCCESSOR,
RATOGA,
HAS WATCHED
THE
RED RAVEN
THROUGH
HIS
GAZEGRAPHO
MACHINE
- -
IN
RETALIATION,
RATOGA
SETS
A TRAP
FOR
THE
REP RAVEN
MEANWHILE, REP RAVEN DISPOSES OF

HIS EXCESS BASAGE
HANG
AROUND
HERE
FOR A
k WHILE
UNWITTINGLY RED RAVEN FLIES INTO THE TRAP A WHAT HAVE

TOUR EFFORTS 1
Â bird in
NETTED — YOU?
AHA- HA-HA- <
THE NET IS WORTH
TWO ON THE WING- YOU WILL DIE M
M
“7 AHA -HA- —
.
A HORRIBLE
DEATH
reviving in time, red raven flaps m»s
WIN6S AND MAINTAINS HlS EOuiL BRIUM IN
=
3~3J , MID- AIR
[ CUT THE
POWER..
HE MUST
BE DEAD
INSIDE <
ferrûT
RtrD
RAVEN
FHGNS
DEATH
*
WHEN THE THIEVES HAVE DEPARTED, RED THROUGH HIS FUTURESCOPE
RAVEN MAXES GOOD HiS ESCAPE RaTOSA OUTLINES H S PLANS
~ ZEELMO ONLY ,
WANTED SOLD FOR.

£
POWER— -I WANT SI
•
ARMS. WEALTH. LANDS.
of all numams n
.
—
AND COMPLETE DOMINATION
— and the mysterious red raven
*
1
PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A JOB
BEGAN RECENTLY. NOT ONLY
RESTORE THE WEALTH WHICH HAP
[>D HE
^ tista
T -4
-
A0VENTV;BC5
,
Of THE
A BEEN HAMPERING ECONOMIC :humam

PROGRESS BUT IN HlS ONE-MAN. ^TOCCHl
LITTLE OR SHALL WE SAY, BIRD, WAR in EVERY ISSUE C
LATER AGAINST THESE WlCKEP
j* CRIMINALS HE PREVENTED
‘ WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER
V AND FUTURE WORLD
OF SLAVERY AND
BONDAGE --
cience discovers smoke
'i BE THE LONG SOUGHT-FOR
GATEWAY TO THE SUPER -
NATURAL/
PROFESSOR ENOCH MASON'S
^DIMENSION SMASHER" 8LASTEO
A PATH INTO THE BEYOND— AND
THROUGH THE BREACH THAT
ONCE SEPARATED THE MATERIAL
WORLD FROM THE SUPERNATURAL
STEPPED THE VISION"/
ALL PERPETRATORS OF EVIL
WERE TO ROE THE DAY THE
VISION APPEARED, FOR TO
THEM HE WAS "NEMESIS" . . .
OEATH AND OlS ASTER 8EFELL

ALL ENEMIES OF SOCIETY
HIM IN HIS
*ORM ///
THOUGH SMOKE HAS RELEASED
THE VISION FROM THE SUPER-
NATURAL WORLD, IT 15 ALSO
NEEDED TO RELEASE HI M
FROM THIS WORLD OF OURS,
OF THIS SUB-
LL TRAP HIM
AS EFFECTIVELY AS IRON
BARS WILL TRAP A MORTAL*
WINDOW OF AN
OBSERVATION ROOM INTHE LABORATORY OF -;.'c •.•IC-iR’a SCIENCE 1 -
MmmM
MASON, THREE OF AMEQlC A S
GREATEST MINOS LISTEN OE THE OCCULT HAVE STRIVED.
BUT FAILED,TO REACH... AFTER w
KM
TO MASON'S
TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIMENTATION,
I'VE FINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION
70 THE <yvrAi pn 1
GENTLEMEN, THE PURPOSE OP My DEMON-
-STUAT ON, TONIGHT, IS TO PROVE THAT THE
I
SO-CALLED GHOST’S AND SPIRITS ARE <

ACTUALLY INHABITANTS OP WORLDS AND 1
then THIS IS to a
w
UNIVERSES WHOSE DIMENSIONAL SPHERES
ARE CC” EXISTENT WITH OUR OWN.
MARKHAM- MY DIMENSION
SMASHER SHALL BLAST AN ENTRANCE
BE SOME SORT OF , INTHEFORCE FILMTHAT SEPARATES .
-.jt SCIENTIFIC SEANCE, ocjrvo?ld from those universes
TAKE IT ? r~^ BEXOND — AN ENTRANCE LARGE B
I
ENOUGH TO PERMIT ONE OF THESE
HyPER- DIMENSIONAL _ ^
M
INTELLIGENCES TO /
"~ [
CROSS INTO OUR r
MATERIAL PLANE! *, I d
MEANWHILE .IN THE LUXURIOUS ROOMS OF

BPAiNS'BORELLI, CRIME KING OF LINCOLN
CITY,TWO GUNMEN RECEIVE A GRIM
ASSIGNME NT...
AN' DON'T FERGET WHAT I
SAID/ EITHER MASON

COMES ACROSS OR
YEZ TAKE ‘IS
WHAT'VE yAH
GOT AGAINST
THIS OLD GUY, I
BRAINS ? te
A GRUDGE, QUEEN IE. GCTT IT IN FER

I
|
MASON'S WHOLE HIGHBROW KIND/
EVEN AS A KID, USED TA HATE' EM. i
I
THEY LAUGHED AT ME IN SCHOOL- \

-CALLED ME DUMB! LATER THERE L
WAS A GIRL- SHE CALLED ME DOWN
•CUZIWUZ TOO ROUGH AND IGNORANT-
-“TOO DUMB TO EVER .
AMOUNT TC AMS-n-hNG ^55
THAT WUZ YEARS AGO -
-NOW OWN THIS TOWN V
I
!
IGET MY RAKE-OFF FROM I

THE POCKETS OF EVERY
YOKEL AND BIGSHOT.
M
I'MONTORSEE? BUT W|
AIN'T FORGOTTEN —
SOI 1
BUY UP PROMISSORY NOTES'
I
WRITTEN BY PROFS LIKE DOC

MASON ,WHO BORROW DOUGH
T BUY EQUIPMENT- - r_^
1
I
GET AKlCKOOT TA
WATCHIN EM SQUIRM
1
WHEN BREAK 'EM!

I
/£
(WE'RE NOT PLAYIN',
I iCRRY, GENNILMUN, M05E/ TAKE US TO
I iOCTORISPOWTUL f WE WANNA MIS LAB - ANO NO
tXPECUHMIMTIN 1
^ SEE THE TRICKS- GET IT? Y

I w iF y'ALL could
.
k OLD DOCK
"-'.ex' TMORRA- > NOW'
GET MOVIN'
THE OBSERVATION ROOM iS SUDDENLY.
BWv/ ,-y-^
§§ /hoist 'em'V*’
V^HIG H brows/
MIS LABORATORY ENOCH MASON'S ASSAULT

N THE UNKNOWN WAS BEGUN.'/ HIS
i
iMENSlON SMASHER UNLOOSES TITANIC
• < RCES WHICH BATTER WITH MERCILESS
• uPY AT THE INTANGIBLE WALL MASON
SEEKS TO
PENETRATE „
OKAY/ OEN LOUE AN' MF
Y- YOU CAN'T DO ^CARRYOUT ORDERS -A
]
THIS / MV YEARS GONNA r^l
r.KAY, DOC.' STOP
1
YOURE MAD/ CANTJ
DAT MACHINE / YAT STOP NOW. I'VE . <
I OF RESEARCH - HARD’ > WE'REDISJOINT
WORK- ARE ALL IN
,
BLOW MS
TANT USE IT UNLESS k- WAITED TWENTY *~ THIS DEMONSTRATION, WIT ALL <XJ <
1
FIVE YEARS FOR MONKIES IN IT

/A RAY UP WHATCHA/d
lOWE BORELLI f JTJ (^JHIS MOMENT/ ^ —i not now-
Ak^ VC TWT
*->
rtsrm,
.
sKYHiGur mm
j MuOi .Wl. v I
( w’A MiJT'. \-
s APPEARS IN
/r3T“^ rrMECLOOOOF
//SMOKE C SEATED
by h is cigar
jV^TUE GANGSTER,
3?
«: MAS UNWITTINGLY
HELPED CPENTVttXXO
W
TO ANOTHER OMENS'ON.
^
H BYSUPPiyiNUTHE
‘.'-C-t SSARY EuLV.En
‘
^5 ---SMOKE!
< '
BOQELLt'S GUNMAN ]
i AM AARKUS, v®8**
1
ISSUDDENLY SEIZED DEST ROVER OF EVIL.

INA STEELY GRIP’ J I'VE CROSSED THE
INTENSE COLD GREAT COLD INTO <
SEEPS INTO HlS
VERY MARROW-^*
K WORLD. I
Hrau am mere !^Jk
HE SLOWLY |
BECOMES A
.FROZEN Ti lf-'
-Et
9J
V HORROR ^ U'l<
.
AM GOING FOR THE

OTHER EVIL ONE.
HE IS FATED TOJ
UL DIE/ SHALL
I
(Mr RETORN SOON '
THE HORRIBLE FATE OF L ,

THERE IT IS? IT’S COMIN'
HIS COMPANIONSENDS THE I
CLOSER - CLOSER -- ITS EYES*
REMAINING TERROR- H THEY'RE BLINDIN' ME.' T-*.—
STRICKEN THUG FLEEING *1-1- CAN'T GET AWAV/ )
MADLY FOR HIS LIFE H
J 1
CHAk'ENINNUNDAND BODY BY THE UTTERLY (WHATCAN TELL I THEM GENTLEMEN?

,
»ANTASTIC OCCURRENCES IN HIS LABORATORY *you ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED, A ^

tHOCU MASON NOTIFIES THE POLICE ABOUT YET WWO'D SEUEVE OOP
rUE DEATH OF BO DEL LI'S FROZEN GUNMAN !
STCRYP hCV. CAN
T-a-
A IS DEATH WAS J
CAUSED Bv AN y
ENTrry from W ‘WMtn
V /1As
r IT IS I.AARKUS.1
IN material
SHAPE. ONLYTVIOSE
fePPR0ACHIN6 DEATH
KAN SEE ME IN MY
TRUE FORM AS
'-The V-ISICN.U
AND AS HE THREATENEDd •J THAT CHECKS.' lOKAY LUKuntu;

.UfW, REMOVE THE
C9RONER' Htivujvt. tmebody,
BODY,
COCTOR WAS ON VJITW^ [INSPECTOR BOVS I'LL HAVE A SPECIAL GUARD
.
MiSGON, WE Ithese ccxlsyI ASSI6NED WHILE THE MATTER IS

_ 4 cam FREEZES
.
STEPPED BAOC-- .MAN TO DEATH OH]

iNTO THE < :c»h TAcri
-TrOiGO-COlUj
r»MEiLA MASONMEANWWILE.PELAXES IN AN
ante ROOM UNAWARE CF THE MENACING UH-H -YES
-jPg £NTEPtMG THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW. YES - OF -
COURSE
THANK TOO.
I MS PEC TOR/
W barney's got mer !
r
:- - - '
Bulls' v/E LEFT

•••
. e v :>e ”
'COME CN /CU MUGS.* INTO 1 DE CCAST IS CLEAPj
1WE hoose WA7CHOOT m
:
t
FER SNOOPIN' BOLLS, CROCK
STEALTHILY, T WE MOBSTERS STALK THE TWO|

UNSUSPECTING FIGURES APPROACHING WITHIN
RANGE OF THE GANG’S WELL PREPARED AITACI
DOCTOR MASON IS SORPRlSJ

AN 0 3E AT N INTO l NCCNSOOU*
fc
NESS.' BUT THE YOUNGER MAI

iS A V^CRE QiFFlCOLT PRCBLl
rs\ BOOELLl’S THUGS LAUNCH

>s —j TMEiR BRUTAL. ATTACK/
PINIONED
^ -
BY WEIGHT OF NUMBERS. THE
YOUNG ' HELPLESS AGAINST THE VlOCOS
MAN 'OI
DOWNSWING OF
A LEAD PIPE ....
tut
'(
VISION STRUGGLES BACK TO MIS SENSES
HMD HIS HANDS SECURELY BOUND
BESIDE HIM LIES DOCTOR. MASON'S.
IMCRT FORM WHILE SHEILA MASON LIES
TJgSStPUP IN THE SAME MANNER....
1C
•
OMINGTC.EH? WELL,
C
oGHGOy, WE'LL
L
<
HCW TOUGH >OOj
—
^
YOUMONKlgS HAVE CAUSED]
ME A LOTTA TROUBLE. SOju
M^^YER GOIN 'OUT C
- WA/. JUN
.
iuL WHEN
HEDWlTH
ajW- jJl |
TORTURE AND
THEN DEATH. A
DELIGHTFUL LITTLE
PROGRAM. YOU
COULDN'T SPARE A 1
LAST CIGARETTE FOR]
A CONDEMNED AVAN,™
COULD YOU ?
(•LVER LET IT BE SAID DAT

l*CELL DOESN'T TREAT
I i AND TERROR AS HIS HELPLESS PRISONER VANISHES
MIS ER- GUESTS WELL.
HERE. I'LL LIGHT IT
^
M
BEHIND AN EXPANDING CLOUD OF SMOKE WHICH
SUOPENLV BILLOWS FROM THE LIGHTED CIGARETTE
FER YAT
JPgflfSffe.
BCRELU'S
RANiC.
MOUNTS AS
HIS
STREAMING
t/ES SOU'NT
IN HORROR
AND
disbelief I
AT HE I
WEIRD I
NiCMlMAaiSH
VISION frONy/ BOMBER/'
RISING FROM
THE SMOKE'S
> I -it’s oot m e)'
SEETHING HELP/ HELP/
^
THE POLICE FREE MASON AND HIS DAUGHTER :
DC TOO THINK] j
AT DOCTO R MASON'S
WHILE BORElL. AND mIS MOBSTERS ARE THE VISION ^
APPREHENDED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY... will RETURN.)
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CAPTAIN AMERICA
AGAiNST THE 1
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MUST BOTH SHARE i
WHO SEEK TO
THIS SECRET TOGETHER, CVER--ROW
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MY PARTNER, -p:-: ss*:
0-CKY.
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/SOLEMNLY PLEDGE TO UPHOLD THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE SENTINELS OF
LIBERTY AND ASSIST CAPTAIN
AMERICA IN HIS WAR AGAINST
SPIES IN THE U.S. A.
SIGNED_
^
thun dec
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C'ViUZATlON
1
iN MORTAL GUISE, HURRICANE VISITS HAND

COUSIN PLUTO'S
coast cn-y, the scene of a series
— reaches EVERYWHERE.
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you HAVE LITTLE
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CROWDED, DON'T -T
PS THIS, FIVE SECONPSJE*
YOU THINK? r-j#0* FLAT ISN'T BAD
kYOUR CABS *nZ~!A

TRULY LIVE UP TO]
THE SYMBOL Y<
AM INDEED IMPRESSED BY YOUR *
1
k^THEY BEAR/
T QUICK SERVICE.SHALL RECOMMEND
I
G^mYOOR CABS TO ALL MY FRIENDS
(GULP) /
^ yE ->eah coj
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Boys, I'M NOT A ) 1 SO LOOKIT, KOKX HE’S
COPPER. WANNA \ J
I GOT COILS.' HE'S NOT A
-X SEE PlGGy PERRON I --—^3 COPPER, HE'S <
LITTLE LAUD l
' ok Ay, whoilwind/ t

MARCH DI5 WAY AND KEEP
YER MrTTS WHERE CAN j I
i SEE 'EM. I'M PIGGY mA

^PERRON I—
/yOUR HANDS DRIP WITH MORTAL
BLOOD- yOO‘VE MADE A
F ROM OOT OF NOWHERE COMES

A TERRIFIC IMPACT WHICH SENDS
THE BEWILDERED KILLER CRASHING
INTO OBLIVION- A SPRAWLING,
oNCONSClOOS MASS IN A
CORNER OF THE ROOM ...
ARE FACTS, REGAN EVEN IF
INSANE... THIS IS PERRONt,)
HOW HE GOT HERE WE'LL A-

NEVER KNOW . BOT PIGGY KNOWS
f
.VXiWTER AND MERRIMENT PREVAIL
. THE VANDERPONT MA5QOERADE mister
kALL AS rrs SOCIALLY prominent . Fsaydein!
PAUL
ARTICIPANTS revel in JOYOUS .f,
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THE ENTRANCE OF THE LETS DANCE. K,

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IN CRIMSON VISIBLY
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IS RARELY APPRECIATED. <
ER- EXCEPT BY YOU BOYS
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PLUTO WON'T FIND

MY BRAND OF
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N DISTASTEFUL ^ ]
I HURRICANES GODLIKE
.
80 O/ FADES IN THE
Gleaming center of an n
AURA OF STREAM IN G LIGHT.
HURRICANE PEAPPEARsj
IN A GUISE WUCMCg hurcicaneA
DRAWS GASPS FROM J
MANY AN EARTHLY S
SINNER 1
GABRIEL'S THE NAME. I'M

. CNE OF ST. PETER'S BOYS.
H'VE BEEN SENT TO FIGHT J
THE DEVIL, ALIAS F»OL A
F7 SAYDEN, ALIAS THE "BIG
St QUY KNOW HIM, >
pluto ? Am
H-HE '
NOW I'LL ATTEND]
HURRICANES STEEL FIST SMASHES WON'T /to xxj you H•
— SATANIC RELATIVE
HHIS — INTO
THE l OlE / few BLOODTW IRSTYf
j
O'
/^^Tpoisoned
PUNCH /
LITTLE TOAD/
THE VANDERPONT MANSION

A thunderous roar fills the great
RESOUNDS TO DEAFENING, BLOOD-
BALLROOM. THE TERRIFIED SOCIALITES CHILLING BATTLE CRIES. HURRICANE AND THE DEVIL
RND THEMSELVES WITNESSING A BATTLE Rush each other in a furious head on
NOT MEANT FOR MORTAL EXES.... CHARGE !!!
VNWHILE THE MORTAL. SPECTATORS

AGE AND TREMBLE AS THE TITANIC
UGGLE RAGES WITH THE FOR/ OF A
THOUSAND THUNDERSTORMS Hi r
E
SAYDEN, WELL KNOWN PLAYBCY, AS THE CHIEF OF THE

MURDER RING. DA.. NELSON LOSES NOTIAAE IN TRACKING
HIS QUARRY TO THE LUXURIOUS VANDERPONT ESTAT ....
N-I'M AFRAID you ’
WON’T FIND PAUL i

SAYDEN IN THERE. HE‘^
GONE- GONE BACK- -
-TO HE WON’T RET URN
YOU WILL F IND TRIGGER
BATES- HE'S DEAD-- LAST
AN INSTANT LATER HURRICANES

I
RETURN !l
UNTIL THEN,.
^ .
,
BLURRY SHAPE SPEEDS F*6T THE

l--&OC»e>E STARTLED POUCECOMMISSIONER;
KW and disappears/ rcwi view / '
I
LATER /IEXTQY/ GET YOUR;
|
PAPER/ MURDER
'mob CRUSHED/ PIGGY PERRONI
TO DIE IN CHAIR/ TRIGGER
Abates found dead/ extrv'
&MLY
1
STORIES FROM THE DARK AGES
AK. THE LAST OF THE SHAGGY ONES,
CALLED HIM TUK. BUT THE BOV DIDN’T
REALIZE THAT 'TUK' MEANT “AVENGER"
k AND THAT HE WAS DESTINED TO ROAM
M
^THE PREHISTORIC WILDS OF 50,000 i
e c. IN SEARCH OF 2VTTILAN,"
ISLAND OF THE GODS ,TO
RECLAIM A LOST
THRONE...
M A
SEATED 8y Xv,
'HEIR FIRE,
AK MOTIONS
I HE BOy TO HIS
SIDE....
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WEARINESS, OLD ONE, VET .WEAKENS FAST. THE LONG SLEEP MAY
YOURONE EVE OVERTAKE HIM THIS V
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SADDENS ME ^ 4
f GREATLY, jLI
A OLD ONE -I yl
O -AWAIT YOUR^
—^--rvSTORy
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f ,
LEAVING US TOj
THE BEASTS U ,
EH? WELL, Ji
WE'LL BE BACK^
DO >OU HEAR?
\ KADIR WILL r<
FALL
' Wff O' MANY

’
j'&fF f f SONS HAVE
'“ZBmr PASSED SINCE THAT
^^DAY SAW HIS TRIBESMEN
I
V CAST THE HAIRLESS ONE AND'

HIS AAATE ON OCXR SHORES ...
_ THE FEMALE WHOSE

LARGE, SOFT EYES WERE
THOSE OF ANTA, THE
DEER, LOOKED SADLY
JTat THE GOLDEN HAIRED
IT COB SHE HELD IN f
1
HER ARMS.. |
'the hairless ones departed across the

LONG WATERS IN A LOG WITH WHITE WINGS
LEAVING THE STRANGE PAIR BEHIND THEM,
THE MALE'S BODY RIVALLED THAT OF ORG,
THE MAMMOTH H*S ROARS WERE UKE
.
THUNDERCLAPS.. THOUGHT HIM A I
WATER DEMON AND QUAKED WITH FEAR M
I IT WAS THEN
9 CAUGHT THE SCENT
l ,
OF G HOLLA THE WOOLLY HORNED
GHOLLA HAD BEEN RHAYAlTAKE TO

ME SINCE DAWN.
STALKING L_THE- TREES '
BUT NOW IT WAS THE \ the bo//.

SMOOTH SKINS HE SOUGHT
, AS PREY- • . ,
phadion!
- ” * TWE NEXT
-
*
INSTANT, GHCU. A WAS WISHING HE
HAP STAYED ON MY TRAIL IN THE FIRST
. ' -
ME HAIRLESS ONE
i
%UODEMLY GHOLLA,-^
OUGHT 'WITH THE i ROARING IN PAIN,
i
STRENGTH AND,' WRENCHED FREE.

IURVOFA NEARBY THE FEMALE
-r SCREAMED —
I
SABER
TOOTH
7 W
"
•.i -ermad^P'5i
INESSED J^J|
FOR THE DYING GHOLLA IN HIS FINAL

, Vi/RATH HAD GORED THE
SMOOTH SKIN WITH
*'S A VICIOUS THRUST
fa
K
1 1 B OFhorns-
HlS GREAT
.
BUT GHOLLA HAD DONE

HIS WORK WELL THE .
l hairless giant
»v SOON SLEPT THE
A-i LONG SLEEP.
I IS MATE HUNG
ri
HER HEAD ANC
/>K|| SHRILL CRIES
f iWi CAME FROM
HER THROAT
THIS WAS
STRANGE
-A -SINCE
SHE MAD
lyS NOT BEEN,
WOUNDED.
THE SCENT OF
BLOOD SOON _V
—
^ If/t
JUf Y
BROUGHT THE FOUR JOj /'
S '
-
-AND SNATCHED
HER FROM KAG'S
FOOTED KILLERS FROM Mr
THE FOREST. KAG, SV
)
VERY JAWS. THE THE LlON-WOLF WAS m/

O •
GROUND BELOW ECHOED FIRST TO ARRIVE- V7
Sy WITH THE ROARS OF NEW
r> " ARRIVALS I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT PROMPTED
KNEW ALL SIGNS OF
i
MY ACT- SWUNG FROM A VINE TOWARD
I
GHOLLA AND THE SMOOTH SKIN WOULD THE DOOMED, HAIRLESS FEMALE
SOON BE GONE — - *
(
FOR MANY SONS TO FOLLOwJI
IWAS GREATLY PLEASED.
A SHAGGY ONE, HAD
I,
DEFIED KAG ,THE LION- Z

\ i
WOLF-- LIKE THE HAIRY TH

GOREKS, WHO HUNT WITH I
w — - «=LUAPP A(
-
THE HAIRLESS FEMALE
WAS A HEAVy BORDEN.
FLED TO SAFETY
I
. IMTWE ROCK COUNTRY,
MiTt WAS MIGHTIER

WTHAN KAG AND
' HIS FOUR FOOTED
BROTHERS-GREATER
1
THAN THE TWO LEGGED

GOREKS WHO WORSHIP
r\STCNE AND EAT
^ ©RAINS,
/WORSHIPPED
*
i
A LIVING AFTEI
I
I.AK.THE
|
J% GOOOESS.
LAST SHAGGY
ONE WAS .
^STHE GREATEST
OFALL.'
I PLED WITH THE COB TO A CAVE CXJU
* REACH OF ANY INTRUDERS. HE V
WAS A GOD -CUB AND WORSHIPPED/
I
HIM AS DID HIS MOTHER

I .
?
YOU ARE THAT COB, r— /
TUK. THAT IS WHY YOO Jfl
ARE HAIRLESS/
) Nk
/»«?
,
NOW CAM
I
'
/W/ /^X‘S following
DEATH,
itll70 /
Tt~>K TAKES A LAST
LPX FlOOK AT HIS BELOVED ROCK
I
COUNTRY AS HE REACHES THE

.OUTSKIRTS OF THE JUNGLE.
rl AM HUNGRY
ONLY’
GOREKSi
yBRAIN
I EATERS/
THE
OTHER GOREK
SE.ZES THE
BOY’S HAIR IN
HIS BRUTAL
GRASP AND
,
RAISES HIS
L KNOTTED CLUB
1 FOR THE
/ABOVE THEM] \ DEATH BLOW.'
'strong
FINGERS
DRAW TAUT A
k
3 a giant A
ft BOW-JH
3
I / TUK
/SCANS THE
,
>5UOQOONOlNJG
/TOLIAGE FOR
mwE OWNER OF
./THE DEATH STICK
/ WHICH SO
THOROUGHLY
ISPATCHED THE
TREE AS DEATH'
STRIKES WHEREj
ME MAO STOOO I
9 SUDDENLY TUKS EVES

r8UNKAT THE DESCENDS
I
BLUR. AN ARM OF STEEU
•encircles HIS WAIST AS
HE IS LIFTED BODILY
INTO SPACE...
^SMASHES A
AZI UPRISING!
WELL. LVNNS. LUTHER, AND 8ETTV.

©AFTER HIS IGUESS THAT CLEARS UP VOUC
ENCOUNTER with littleproblem .time r wemt
THE LAVARIT6S OF
VENUS. AND THEIR
UOME AGAIN, SO —G'BVE NOW '
QUEEN. THE
EMPRESS JAHNA If SO LONG, «
r NAMOR - ^
AND THANKS
A MILLION
—
VEFE'S TVAT SECTTO PENDEZWtA
OF TVEL/TTLE FEOFtE FFOM j
venus -wavoee /F they utr

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have
DONE y
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MBIU
'
'
«A' MATTE U WILL VERY WELL DON'T WORRY ThERES SOME" C'MOn hCME
-AvE TO CHANGE TORCH'' BE ABOUT u 5. WE'LL PiSHY ABOUT WE RE Q-OiNJ
-S plan to HERE TO- BE -ERE' Ouv, TORC- k.TO HAVE A
Mm v
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, v
fwiT me this MORROW |

f B-SY N 3-hT
TiME' . NlQ-HT' I 1 TOMORROW 1
hm-M-ThI PiRE $fu- Sh: RaCIS SW/FTLV ~*RU

masters are T«S YARROW STREETS AND
L SAVIN »/ NOW TuRnS OOvvm A Bl/yO ALLtY. WELL; '
TO GrET TO brainless
v MATZU one, WHAT'S
on your mind;
RAPS
THREE TIMES
ON A ROTTED
DOOR!
I
just this, mat zu' THE FlAME ^

YOUR Pu AN WORABD M ASTIR SP..THIS
But at THff same iS A HORSE OP
time it brought A DIFFERENT CO.C3:
ThE torch and
...YES, IT MIGHT r ALL I’M \ ^".r FCllOW/\& N&HT.ALL ATTENTION, LADIES AND
PROVE TO BE INTERESTED Chinatown TuQnS Out in GENTLEMEN, THE RE-
BETTER THAN IN IS THE > carnival style NOWNED TORCH AND
I THINK/ 7 MONEY
involved'
^
j
HERE WE ARE T" YES, we
TORO WILL GIVE A
FLAME EXHIBITION'
^
KJ-SHI.WAVE
YOU MADE THE
q ARE
READY '
TAKE IT TORCH/ JM
ARRANGMENTS?
ON THEtR FLAMES, THE TO

RIGHT! AND TORO WWO HIGH OVER THE
FESTIVAL INTO THE INKY S<V.
WERE ‘
I'M 1
UGH EnOUG-H.' READY.'
40 OV//V& wth comet-uks speed, the plAhe AS THE R, RE ROSIER FADES IN THE SKY,
^'W! Ot\§. LOOP, 4i\D ROll w £4W\& 4 The -TORCH AND TORO NHIRl OnCE NODE.
‘4<e oe DaZZunG elAvES SENS'D wuCh
*ORM INTO A P/RE POSTER/
MONEY
9%THILE BElCH Suddenly an
PLOWS LIKE WATER AUTO SCARS INTO
NTO A HUGE CHEST/ YlEW/
Machine guns burst loose

4 SONG OP death AROUND
rG-ET
/
HURRY.
THE
>h/le
f ~-E
1
prom the shy/
the chest... , l CHEST INTO J C5iv,_

V I / ^ _
\^t h e car/^J S'A *NE, -- S —
STOP THEM/
^^1 i&nl
k
Pl\j
asp?.! a
j
» -
g|
&UT Tub AUTO SWERVES AND THE Burning- into The dark &S THE WALL Closes
E/ RE- BALL LANDS HARMLESSLY ON alley, the car passes ThE torch and tor
The street/ an Electric beam, and
A W ALL P/VOTS.
TORO, land — .WONDER WHERE KU- SHI/ AND HE'S

SUBDUE VOUR M Ri&HT, THAT CAR COULO > OrOiNG- INTO ThiS
FLAME/ TORCH; HAVE CrCNE,
.
MAYBE... JW BUILOINO/ MY-

HUNCH iSThe
^
car's in there
TOO/
a
WHAT 00 FOLLOW KU HNSIDE THE BUILDinO-

we do now) shi, and
[
A1ATZJ WATCHES KUSH! WHAT WE FELL

L TORCH.^y HOPE HE , enter thru a televis- THRU A
LEADS us ion screen AND WHEN TRAP
o HE SEES THE FLAME DOOR/
P-"S' . MASTERS follow suit...
Yu
.THEM.'/———
J
'-E GAS IS >> YOU FORGET My ORDERS Iater in -he G-aS

TAKING- effect/ ARE TO STOP ALL FINANCIAL puled dungeon...
iT WOULD 3E AID TO CHINA/ TORCH AND
AMJ9NG TO SEE TORO WILL AID/WHERE'S L-L-LOOK A ^
them battle v MV GAS MASK R > DOOR IS OPENING
. TO death/ y . TORCH/ v
PLANE MASTER'S AWAKE TO

PORCH AND TORO WEAKENED (Under matzu’s hyrontc .CARRY OUT THE EV/L MTZVS
SY THE GAS PEEBlY *EAR ThE SPELL TORCH AND TORO ORDERS/
GOG-6- LED MAN'S WORDS STRETCH OUT AS MATZU
WHiSPERS an order to WOW-WWEREV DON'T
THETA/ .AM I ?s-T KNOW/ BUT
&CT T0
GETSOME-
\ \ THING /
1 j J
&ND MELT THRU 7HE CLOSED Guns bar< as the torch While roue leaps
STEEL DOOR OP THE BANK OP lets loose a huge f.re- IN ThE AlR AMD
FREE CHINA/ ball WHICH RESEMBLES DROPS A LASSO
A BOWLING- BALL / OP FLAME ROUND
TO THE LOOK' ThE (Guards.
VAULT GUARDS
TORCH: THAT'LL
hOlD
kYOu'
I DON'T UNDERSTAND/ f*HE STEEL VAULT HERE'S WHAT WE CANE

I THOUGHT TORCH M PARTS LIKE WARM PORI ThE 0-Oi.D CONSIGN-
AND TORO WERE
GO NG TO -E_R /PI
BUTTER UNDER THE MENT/ 5UBOU6 ONE
ARM AND GRAB
^ THE ]
B-RG.AR
v uS ' —
the rats'
torch's Flams'
v Twe BOX ' alarm' 1
LET’S GET
My
T fl
T-fTRS APTER
TÊ GC.O ShiP-
s OUT OR
V HERB'
\ \ I V mbntCHINA'
to p * ee
y
\ \ *
—
BURGLAR ALARM MOW DO you LIKE
«
RaCTS THE ATTENTION OO-D IN YOUR
:= A POLICE CAR NEARBY. BREAD BASKET.'
|
ThE ALARM'S
COMi\G PROM
ThE BASK CP
PREE CHINA'
that takes VEAH/OuR MASTER

CARE OP ThE WILL BE PROUD
CODS' A "*"1 OP US/
rNlTHTORCH AND TORO LAND i IS THE DOOR / /MASTER/ > AH'MY 'a
ThEiR BOOTY //v REMEMBER KNOCK
' YOUR ORDER SERVANTS/
AN ALLEY. rHREE TIMES '
HAS BEEN
CARRIED
. COME
V IN'/
^
OKAY TORO
DOUSE YOUR
V OUT/ A
. Flame/ j BOY' THIS
BOX IS
HEAVY/.
f
JfNS:DE,AS THE TRIO HEAO DOW A WITH A RESOUNDING
flight of steps, toro drops CRASH, the torch
HIS END OF THE GOLD FILLED BOX, LANDS'
AND THE TORCH, UN BALANCED BY
THE SUDDEN DROP, SPRAWLS DOWN,
HEAD FIRST'
SlLENCff.'SO I GET IT./ you HAD!

WHAT'S \TORCH MY; ,
US MYPNCTlIfpf
The \ SPEll IS L YOU'LL PAy FOR
trouble )
masterpA eh? J
BROKEN / Lthat/ A i
W-WHAT?
CLEARING A NOISE BEHIND HIM, I%pMLE FROM ATOP ThB

the torch whirls and a sleeping LANDING
SENDS A BLAZING FiST INTO PILL PAL/
KU- SHI'S BREAD BASKET/ GET ThE AS YOU
TORCH, COMMAND
lTORO' MASTER'
9ooyab^2E
— to.ro
With h s
crashes <yto the tqrc*' _
BAh' YOU'RE n<

MATCH POR
me/ .
The TORCH has THE P*5SS<\&A HIDDEN

UPPER HAND NOW/ Button, a panel
I SETTER VANISH/ opens and matzu
disappears thru it.
C‘MO N ^
DIAPERS'
SNAP OJT
<OF IT / jS
ffM A Pi. AS* "’•'5 "’ORCli
lets loose A =?S-S4U.
THAT S5-4PS MATZU'S
HAND':
n ice &0'\er
TORCH' EVEN
^ f rework?
That
>
JE'
DIDN'T
in Os
]
REMINDS
wJ t-e Chinatown
ME,''
)
'Mow WE y
:
iRE* I festival IdwriXu/ieA. c^-
mu5 t &C OnJ
^X^JTORCH o/ncL
IN THE NEXT ISSUE

OF
MARVEL
COMICS
X*t*
» ** DEAD-- AND YET NOT CEAD'
ARE rHgJE wAl CK& DEAD .THOSE
uujiCH’NG HANDS AND STAINS EYES C S
ONLY TO KILL AND DESTROY USDS* T
E <
HE GUIDANCE
OP A MAO MONSTER? CAPTAIN
A
BX<y_bJ.|MTH THE HOST CWUJNG MEN-
i!9 Or
ACc Tnj A^tE, Y/WiEn THEY MEET
THE loro oe death/
'
l oOf MV ZOMBE,
GO/ /v\r /umbi e ;
. CUNNING A*
/>STRANGLE THAT
NINCOMPOOP. DO HOT
\ EH, VOU
HAVE
I
> FEAR HIS BULLETS.
( HARM > —^—

\TWEy CAN'T,,
^-4
^
S VOltf VES,U3ROOF
'M/~<D€ATH.I HEAR '
/pi >t AND H

^guTX&OBEV^J
%HE WON'T
SR DIE! A
—HEE-HEE-HEE-
OF COURSE HE
CAN'T BE KILLED.'
FOR
„
r
— HE'S
ALREADY DEAD'
HEE—HE-HEE/
_ HEE! .r —
0/H. LIVING- DEAO MAN MAKES W'tK ne vj*«uew^<v\c cki^juc. me ukv

l
SHORT WORK OF HlS VICTIM" OF DEATH AND HlS MONSTRCuS SLAVE RE-
TURN TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS WHERE Tli
PIEND MAKES A TRANSATLANTIC CALL'
HELLO / ADOLPH
I'VE CREATED ZOMBlEM
_ "WALKING DEADJ J
[ WITH THEM I CAN DO
ANY JOB YOU «
WANT— AT A J
Bf MILLION DOLLARS
A JOB
THE FOLLOWING DAY, TWO KHAKI -CLAD FiGURES PASS

0007/ MEIN HRANC ™E _s^sry. . rj .
T
- 1P _ c --p
SA80TAGE THOSE = X HOW MUCH >Al
MIT LEASE- LEND
MATERIALS FOR CER Ymonotonous
[
IQNGER IS THAT
Guard/
)
BRITISH SCHWE'N ^ DUTyATTHE

f
DOCKS y~ZS^.
c-cnna
a
'7
LASTj>ocBr»» ii
/
— -
COULD JA A WHAT'S *n PIT'S PEft

$PA3S ELEVEN THE ODO sales tax'
—
CENTS FE5
A CUP
Tr'*
\a/A
o'
J^JT CENT < -7
S ^
TANKS, r-
7
-:==EE?/SgB
SC-
=i = LMES
3-C<v/
YOU'LL ViAKE
™
H« A COOD SOLDIER
&JABD VST >
DUTY
HALT/ who BURN
i they 7
[look.? <
'LIKE A '
BUNCH OP
BCWESy<
IBU
AND l
v
SjC<v I BURn/YBUPM/
ARE {
JONED
BY ThE [
OTHER 1
GUARDS
WHO
POUR A
MERCILESS
mg
INTO
The
BAA<S Or
THE ADVANC-
ING HORDE
Oe
walking
DEAD MEN
HOLY MACKEREL /
TREY KEEP COMING/
THEY WON'T PALL! t [ ZOMBIIS
Hr BUCK// *
THEY'RE ZOMBIES:
•MUK/E TD BullETS. TH£ Sha^Tly CREATURES

1EAK THECJS* T~: U NE CP GUARDS - -
W BURN!
8URNJ
—/ L
STEVE! STEVE CAPTAIN i -and *
yOU All CUGHT?^| BUCKY
ThET'RE
: a=tesJYEy
THE rmyJF>
SECOnDM/WI «
SH, p
WITH r.VlN&lA
c STS,
Captain l^-
MB
AMERICA ANO
B-CKV CHARGE
H
“EADLONG into
T **E nightmare
CREATURES r~2
V LET'S SEE IF
FISTS WORK, r--
WHERE
BULiETS
- WON'T --)
kill! •
THESE M
fti.U DEAD
MEN MAY |
^
BE ABLE TO
WALK, BUTu
. T-E> <s
CERTAINLY
.CAN'T Swim. 1
^
,
THESE They cap! look ! KILL/

00, Floating THAT PACE
OUT TO SEA t IN THE WATER. 7DESTROY
-TO O'E ^7 &U Rv/
iC-A N
^W*0 KNOWS? I'VE I

WHY, A HUNCH TH\9 is juST
THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF J
THE - ’
SOMETHING MORE U
S n S”R. ]
-SiHB - r J
.
s-:< "o M
^ I have T
P'CK OP THE
K SO CAPTAIN AMERICA
i INTER C =350.' little DOES
^^B GRAVEYARD
<N0wn AS d
BOWERY/r
HE KNOW That i can replace .
the
t-cse zombies with hunorecs
VC3E . .
"Til n
fjifcMmi, I- --MEE--HEE-
, hee-hee -
THIS IS MORE UP YOUR ALLEY/
CAMP
LEHIGH
•
ROGERS, YOU'RE REUEVEO
FROM FURTHER G-ARD-
DUTY AT THE DOCKS
tm a - YOU'VE MADE A
3gBfT, 0=
LAUGHING STOCK
.'
T,-E ARMY.'
<J|
^1-
V \
L
t
L
GET GOING, SHOE- shine
BOY.' I WANT ALL THESE ^B
—
BOOTS TO SRARK.E,
'
* -E
Bl
ve
^
THE
NEXT
MORN-
ING**
STILL SHININ&
SHOES AnD^ WP* MAYBE SO.\
AWCl FROM 1 PZOMBIES
r BUT THOSE <
’
CAMP.1 THIS
IS WACKY
M WERE
RECRUITED FROM
STEVE TmE BOWERY.
if WE KEEP Jf&L
OuR EYES T
OPEN,
PER-A»S
< ^
rHAT MOMENT. THE ..OR!

41 s The CtREAT BRIDGE, TRUCKS
1 SCANS ~HE BRCCC ,
CARRYING The LEASE -wEnD SHIPMENTS
Pl F r\N - a«M<|
Hfl . -
AH, THERE GO MY
ZOMBIES. 1 — EVERY
TRUCK CARRYING <
LEASE- LEND MATER A. TO ENGiANl
MUST BE S-OFPEO //< a HARRY/
ThE BR D&E ITSELF n
S A V>TA_ link ~C
THE DOCKS AMD MUST
ALSO BE DESTROYED,
THE UNDEAD WILL r~
^^00 IT/ ^ V -
UODEHLY-
TRUCKS COMIHO TOWARD DESTROY!
US/ THEY'RE GOING
wild. 1 One or em.
is HEADIN' FOR
5 - < .
-
Samy trucks of both
KTERRiBlE F-EE'S ACE -uCuEO
'SERIES 0 = OVER Tw£ BRIDGE
RENDING- RAILING. IKTO THE
CRASHES RiVE 5 BELOWi
FOLLOWS as
THE
ZCMB'ES
deliberately
RAM THEIR
MACHINES
INTO THE
FLEET OF
TRUCKS
CARRYING
THE
LEASE
LEND
MATERIAL
Blood-chilling monsters recalled

-XI FROM, THE GRAVE. i. r mi.
EEWWGLY =rov nowhere.

?N ARMY OF ZOMBiES EMERGE-
FROM HIDING.' 1
MADNESS R0U.OWS AS THE HORDE OF WALKING- DEAD, OBEYING THE ORDERS
OF THE LORD OF DEATH, WREAK HAVOC AND CHAOS.'
i ;.W»v\
T3A:nS Y NIC
csos&n&TO\
VVAutomoeilb
'vAakgt^r
THE B3 X-E \ // OCCUPANT
A3S 0t5A--S:\
gy twe zosesN
// A?t WBE3CS0
/ AND THROWN
A NO THE *5SEv /0'£? ”HE S3 33=
SS5S A35 AKj IMTOTHERlVEtt
VASSAC3E0
&to the
B50G=
IN
BO*W,
THE
JhE ZOMBIES )**
^Qh'Buyfy^
—
S AGAIN/ J-/COME q
.
^ WHERE
DO WE
DESTROY/
Jir Tug
,BE&'»sIN NC
sbuckv.'
1
A
STRANGE
TRANSPDR-
MATON
takes
Place
Amid
The
DEAFEN!*#-
»N/
Bap and bjckv tear

INTO The ZOv*B E HORDE
WITH THE P'jRy OP TWN CYClONE?
^There's hundred
CAP.' HE'LL NEVER r
SET A‘JWHERE r
^*-r U«E THIS/ J
LEASE-
YOU'RE R/6HT/
RS®- LEND GRENADES
5= WILL 00 THE TRCK.
WEU USE jvrf ERAS AN ARMFUL, ^r
WMDLESA.E j=C*"
v~ce / 4^ BUCKVJ y >
^
C&UZ ONE OF CAPTAIN AMERCA'C HAND
GKnADES Hrrs RARTCFTHE LEASE -LEND
WJNmON SHIPMENT the ZCM3ES MAD PILED
—
UP AND THE GREAT BRIDGE DISAPPEARS
IN AN EARTh-SHAONG BLAST.'/
LIFT TWEW-
COC< FROM
W-WE MAD= T, aX<V

CURE T«E 3RAV55’*--
<iD I <sOA
I
r
BAC< TO THE *
BOWERY, SUCXY.
> I'VE A « jN£h
WHOEVER CREA-e;
those zombies
- WILL BE
LOO<| ng
^
for*
NEW
"S
-~HAN<9, [
CAF--
:R‘N&VCU MEN
™
mEa. and plenty
<. FOR PRACTICALLY WE'LL GO, MISTER.
WE HAVEN'T )
EATEN COR < £Z-
—
Days. WE'LL
do anything. \r\-
1
)METIME LATER, THE LORO OF DEATH

JSWERS mis TWO INTENDED ViCHMS INTO
<’S HORROR- LADEN CHAMBERS... f
1
i 1 —J
S* HEE-HEE- DON'T M
$60* * RESIST, YOU TWO 3-MS!
SA —I WANT YOU AjVS--=09 .
SUDDEN "-=
rjs*le _ S AvJtt^-^vc v=*T.
AS A
TWIN,
GNAR.Y
HAND,
AN AUTO-
MATlC, I
OAR^S 1
P50W--C
MAZE OF
tubes
AND 1
AMCWiWESy \
>OuR THICK BRAINS MAY NO* bf H6 BJOOD IS BBNS REPLACED

UNDERSTAND. BIT THA7,-f^V
MAN'S BODY
Lr^^DRA NED
!S BEING-
OF uy?J
U P
V
iUBY Oi-NAMO FLU'D.
OF MY
TH\S LIQUID,
B Oyn n.’=n~cn.
*.
Pbody S~=ER-
I VITALITY FOR J
J
Jfi KBI
TWENTY- FOUR \
ours.'
"-A" = E< 22
cannot wzJgr,
/, /f T
lm.if\s'
1
«-= ~VB
||NSTRAOFin& the human • TDNl&HT I MUST

THE MACHINE, THE LORD I
REBUILD my ZOMBIE *-x-nVh
A lARQE <VFE "‘-RO.Ufr-
—FORCES
'
^
FOR A "ERR 3_E Yl
ASSAU.T ON This
COUNTRY, you Bums
Shall 3= =RS~ to
BPBfe* -join the ranks. 1
CAPTAIN IM NOT HEOy)
_IA MASS., X
AMERICA. ^TL vOu S
Sy B-X>'/aO
^LUNATIC.' >
Captain
Americas OOSE Y,
THIRD
Blow
sends
the
death
crashing-
INTO
THE
NEARBY
MACHINERY
GOTT IN IN THE UNITED STATES, IN CAY.P LcHIGH-

,
HIMMEL // \ HEARD THE NEWS? CAPTAIN

AMERCA JUST POliShED THAT
VJ
zombie Outfit oep / twere'S a i
'
MAN PDR VOU TWO AREN'T I

YA.'
Tp Shine h i£ BOOTS/ J^^
W I G'nESS
[we AREN'T,
JUST Buns,
SERGEANT /
g/l/VAAACIK,
IWhaT was THE TERRIBLE NEW MENACE WHICH
WAS UNlEAChEO UPON THE UNITED STATES in
the FORM of THE hOOO ? and WOULD ThE
mighty black marvel be able to destroy
THE EV'L ORGANIZATION WHICH THREATENED TO
k i can people ? —
•NRJCT A REiGn OF HORROR upon The amer-
mm
|n a SECRET HIDEOUT hiGh £ett>ng into their

IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. SPEEDY ARVCREO
a sinister meeting CAR THE MEMBERS OF
(
is IN SESSION—
J ANO SO AT last we Wa
(are powerful ENOUGH Y'
r TO STRIKE J we Shall ^
r
MA<E THE ORDER OF THE HOOD

FEARED THROUGHOUT AMER-
ICA.' AND WE SHALL START BY
ROBS' NG THE E** NATIONAL
DHAHM By .
BAS< of UDS ANGELES 1 . ^
AL AVtSON
“ 'AL GABftlFLf
S*an Lte
/
LOS ANGHES,ThE POWERFUL VEHClE CRASHES

;HTTHROU&h the OuTSiDE WINDOW OF ThE BANK Right,
jar you lugs, just is
f BE ClUiET AND NO-
\ BODY'LL GET huRT.'
^handover The 4
MONEY FROM YOUR *
/AULTS ANDBE QUICK
ABOUT JT
g
^Ffool
CMON, GET MOVING' U the ARMED CAR BEG ns/

WE HAVEN'T GOT THE
TO LEAVE BANK, TWO PAM THE FC
«- ALL DAY/ h—-'T
'
POUCE CARS RACE UP THE SMASH INTO 1
STREET TOWARDS fT
' ^ J
f/fe second police

CAR DOGGEDLY TRAILS
ThE ARvQftEC CAR...
SCENE ShiPTS TO DAN

-YONS, VOJN3 VAN- ABOUT
rOVN, WHO 5 WALKING WITH
h&T CASEY AND VARY NASH,
TWO RENEWS-
MCtf Ar THE HIDEOUT AhO --S* >
s<,.AST WEEK*
TrC ORDER CP ThE hCCD^
RC33EC TWO i^\CkE,7--V1
as Clean as a whistle / BANKS/ J /H" O *7 7HE\|
^ THE STUPiD POUCE WILL
POUCE POWERLESS AGAJNgr^ . . . '-ft/
POUCE OON'T
SEEM TO BE ABLE TO 1
^
NEVER CATCH. * CATCH 'EM.IViSUR-
• * •
PRtSED THE BLACK <1
LmIJ MARVEL DOESN'T 50|
— -.APTER 'EM A
g I _p-
PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT, PaT.
PERHAPS IT IS TIME FOR THE
» BLACK MARVEL v-r-'
tc step n~ 1 4Smm
(tintPERHAPS HASH AND P*\

would Change ThEiR OPinOm W IT'S A GOOO THING PAT AND
r WAQY MENTIONED ThE ORDER
O c DAN LYONS IF THEY CCulD OP ThE hOOQ. I HAD ALMOST
SEE HIM AT That MOMENT as PORGCT-EN THAT Tng STAR
The black marvel- RESER/E 9AN< IS MOVING A a
Shipment OP GOLD TOOAY, A
- —
AND The HOODS I
•
j_3= 9-R= J
"V ?or r
l flL .>T'
MLJ
Oj
Mm f! I
^ fll
Wp-M
1#
IM JUST IN TIME / NOW, UNLE ms if in answer to the
s I MISS MY GUESS, WE'LL BE BLACK MARVEL'S PROP-ESY,

< SEEING ThE HOODS SOON ' ThE huGE ARMORED CAR 0=
THE HOOD SWINGS into The
THERE TREY ARE J J

-AND NOW AOR <
7SOME FIREWORKS!
&?he BLACK MARVEL DRAWS A KNIFE
PBCm MIS COSTUME--
THIS OuSWT TO ^
CRAMP TV4&R STYLE
A BIT.' ^
Wdubing OUT of the HALTEO CAft,

TV'S HOOD THUGS OPEN FIRE.
UPON THE 8AN< GUARDS ...
IF VOU WANTED THIS

SC BADLY - -MERE
IT - M^
PLUG THAT GUARO, THINK^

-» QUICK si HELP IT/
NOT IF I CAN
j HELP IT.' r
THIRSTY
SjgATS/f
— —
WELL, THAT TAKES CASE
OS THAT/ LUCKY FOR US
rMAT TUS 5LAC< HAMEL
| S WORK DONE, THE BLACK

— -i THANKS-- —
MAPVEL DOESN'T WAIT FOR
|
' 1
WE PINO-
EVERYTHING WAS GOtN& SMOCTHLY UNT\L
THE BLACK HARVEL CAf/E ALONG-/ HE
J LET'S THANK HIM FCR-
r WHAT TH— WHERE DID ,
fe-tt
Hf
A
HAS WRECKED CUR CAR And BEATEN UP
LARGE NUMBER OF OUR MEN/ ALSO, HE
t
HE DISAPPEAR TO ? 14 A HAS PREVENTED US FROM GETTING THE

IaVn, GOLD SHIPMENT FROM -he
,
star reserve bank-- /jT^r^rrrr§.
GENTLEMEN, THE BLACK MAP/EL WILL after AN HOUR OF

HAVE 70 BE PUT OUT op THE WAY"
HERE IS WHAT WE'LL DO
^ PLANNING, THE WOOO
DISMISSES SOME OF
—i W« MEN — J
^NOW, GO, AND i
kEvEvBER death
IF YOU FAIL.1
^
WELL, I'M AFRAID I'LL

HAVE to LEAVE vcty
QnCE A&AiN, CAN LYONS
BECOMES THE MiGHTY
HE FELL FOR
,THE FAKE NOTICE
"
H. FOLKS AGAIN/ r— BLACK MARVEL JUST LIKE THE^
AND HURRIES TOjiFFENYS HOOD SAlO nE
AND I'LL BET THAT "-“-C ^ WOULD
MEANS THAT THERE'S i WOULDN'T MARY BE C' MON —LET'S
SOME TROUBLE COMIN&
,
,
. SURPRISED TO LEARN
THAT YOU'RE HOPING r THAT INSTEAD OF <
H TO AVOID — — r-^ RUNNING AWAY FROM
TROUBLE I RUN ^ ^
j t** ~C
-
and SO the UNCONSCIOUS

BLACK MARVEL
IS DRIVEN “0 The HIDEOUT
that GOT
r'"' OF THE hood
*7 HIM.'
WE HAVE CAUGHT 1
THE MiGwTY 3tAC<
MARVEL AND WE HAVE
M a you woulDn'i
BE SO CHEERFUL
A RECEPTOn WORTHY I if mxi <new
OP SO FAMOUS A
Guest/ ta<e him ^
M > WHAT The
b HOC© HAS IN
1 TO The UNGERGRCXjC L STORE for
>ou— >
IS
BLACK MARVEL
LED TO THE HOOD'S
(
/ AND NOW,
ME TO WELCOME yQU ^
PERMIT
BLACK MARVEL, L
UNDERGROUND DEn-- \ TO MY UTTlE chamber... as you
> WON'T LIVE to GET OUT and tell •
(
ANYONE ABOUT IT I CAN TELL YOU
\ ABOUT IT MYSELF
FIRE AWAY,
T
ffAT/ /
first z shall destroy you little . Afe -

and then i shall start \
3V UTTlE by means cf v-y ray machine A SERES OF ROSBERES AND
here .'--I Shall also focus my - \JT MURDERS never BEFORE seen
TELEVISION set UPON vour death so W\ by man Shall stop my
I
,
THAT THE AMERICANS MAY SEE Th&R
k. GREATEST CEFENDER Die AT the
^ TF ADVENTURE
'( AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
! I
'N C»ME
nctt
UNTIL THE
<
fen HANDS OF the hOODJJt- / PROMISES ~h a' w -• _ v

WILL
vCT 5 E^.n3-E: T ^V,—^ I
'
AND PROV SEE
TO PAY US A / ^-VT 11
)
v. Cn
D0--A2S W ll
HOOD CUTS INTO THE NATION'S RADIOS WO I'M NOT AFRAiD TO DIE, BUT
his PQ-veaPu- short- '.a/e s=~-- I CAN'T BE KILLED NOW WHEN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED
HEAR ME, PEOPLE OP AMERICA THE 1
—
ME I MUST ESCAPE YA
'
L SOMEHOW _ -Jm.
'
BLACK MARVEL , YOUR FAMOUS HERO-
HAS BEEN CAPTURED BV ME, ThE hOOO. 1
AND YOU WiL- BE PRiVl lEGED TQ HEAR HiS

DEATH- GROANS. AFTER hiS DEATH ThERE
WILL BE NO ONE TO RESIST ME / ^ ^
I PUT ON THE PAY/ |
BLACK MARVEL •MS BONOS ARE BURNT OFF,

SuDOENLY THRuSTS his HANDS
and NOW HERE IS WHAT
INTO the descending death-bay/
,
l these dogs jfj—
A MAN CAN DO TO v
T.EC UP, THE BLACK MARVEL
RACES AFTER The hCOO—
Kl
V RUNNING- )
UP THAT <A
\ FOUNTAIN 2J
' WON'T HELP
HIM/ . >
r
v'
‘
i £
X
LET THE FOOL

CHASE ME ! I'LL
HAVE A SURPRISE
FOR HIM WHEN
> I REACH
THE
MOUNTAIN TOP/ 1
I
BLACK MARVEL
ADVANCES AS TU£ HOOP SEZES A m
WHEN IGO BACK

VCUU GO WTTH
ME.' VO-'-L PAY
FOR THOSE
MORRiBLE
^.CRIMES ,JT
J
#HMINO THE SUN'S RAYS INTO

*ThE BLACK MARVEL’S EYES
BY MEANS OP A HANO M\CROR,
— —
I
THE HCCO TEMPORARILY BUNDS

...
the mjghtyj
CRIME 1 /
...IT FUE3 HARM- fighter \
LESSLY OVER h:S
HEAD AS TV-e BLACK
MARVEL DUCKS ,
WTTH THE SPEED P“ W IT'LL TAKE
OF THOUGHT/ 1 , ]
more than an J.
Over- grown
pebble to stop
BLACK MARVEL BUT CATCHES ON TO A

LOSES HiS FOOTING- NEARBY TREE AND...
-V#£/BCACK MARVEL. 5 W^£C wimS&f Wz Tm£ -OOO AND SLACK MARVEL ENGAGE
AROUND BV THE BRASO- AND UP AT THE K3CO-- ina Titanic STRUGGLE WKJh above The
PEACE--'. VA..=y, -EY -Cn'~ CENr
THE STONES SUPPING UNDER. -VE 5 PEE”
STRUGGLES ON THE LOOSE EARTH HAVE

fe*//*
STARTED AN AVALANCHE
WHEW, JUST IN
-
THE NCK OP
^ TIME.' f-
«5S
AS IT DOES TO ALL RIMI-
NALS, JUSTICE HAS
TAKEN THE HOOD.'
>VER-
&CK IN TOWN V V
The next DAY ///a.
AND OO VOLT'S
HEAR HOW THE
1
Black marvel
MOPPED UP Th=
HOOD GANG, -
OAN? 7_1
[
12]
WM*A7 WAS The WHSTERV
w w0= The STRANGE 3= S3-
WHOSE VERY NAN\E 5=03.
Gha, owinouS//
RYTrlMC /j
*00^'
CENTURIES 7/AS A BYWORD 000AM NS- II
C= TERROR? AnAT WAS 70W-T0N\S V
BEHIND ThE SACRIFICING- ECHO IN THE
0«=HUWAN vCTA\S BY THE JUNGl_& NIGHT
WORSHIPPERS Or KAl-MAK, AS THE WERO.
The SHARK-GOD/ THE '
RITES OF THE (
WS/CW DARES TO FIND ZAM3UI TRIBE
OUT J — ARE HEuO /
IN THE /A
USHTCF A\l
FULL moon-AI
...i DRUMS STOP AND FROM
SUDDENLY,, TWE
TM£ CROWDED Pan <6 op The wORShiPPiN'
7A*ASUiS, A BClnO = G-RE IS CARRIED TO
’hF BRINK. DP THP DEED LAftOTiM—
HA /-A1AM the lord of sharks

> HAS COME.'Jmm* 9A& 1
WATERS Pi
TMRESn nj
VKXENTLV g
AS the
SCREAMING-
VICTIM gJ
hL MAO CHURNING- lasts for a brief 'HEAP. ME, MORTALS/

AS THE 0LOOD-FLECXED WATERS
(•OMEN" "
1 k I MjST HAVE MORE,
iUBSlOE MOMENTS LATER, SOMETHING* ^SACRICICES/ i
UG£ AND SINISTER BREAKS The SURFACE- MY HUNGER )
Ymk^-r MUST BE S
ME APPEASED/)
I
IF MYCOMMANO |G NOT FAR PROS*. ~HE ZAMBUI VILlA&E
NCT OBEYED THE.
Blooc op yclr <
ENTIRE TRBE
A SAFARI CUTS
the jungle- t
ITS
r. -w ;—=ag
WAV THROUGH
Shall, stain a
THIS LAGOON.' Ji
HOW MUCH LONGER

MUST WE CONTINUE
IF
<3
MY HUNCH ^ ^
THE ZAMB'JS WORSHIP A GOD
CORRECT, MY A / THEY CALL KAl-MAK/THE MAN- .
ths futile k CHILD/ I THINKyShaR< — LORD OF THE

S5AR1- ? ^ 8 I'LL FIND WHAT DEE=>. I'.' S-R= Vv'-En
Li SEEK THE FIND HiM I WILL
A vT
cc^n-rv m
IN
ZAMBIJI
> I
'
> rs - T -=-
= .C - _ ~ On ARv »L
_ -< =e~ ==-n
7 VAN AN.O
k
^ F S- / .
rue vision/ p —
. — .
the wrath of the

L
1
Shark- goo / hill A
M2 THIS
S 7>?A NGER
VVABC Qgsl. — (
The
HURL THEMSELVES, V’S'ON
AT THE .maJ 1
AS-AS^
/iSiCs/ Ej]
Roods';
UN ^ WJKlî tTU UNHEEDED Afi

j'/rui, Vl*3l
I BODES--- j —or —
is B-RIEO UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF SAVAGE
-c
---AND FRO/ THE MuQKY DEPTHS A MOHSTZOLS\

^hear me, o 5x3 SHAPE ANSWERS THE CALL”
WITH re HA! -MAH.' ARiSE
\
THE S AND WHETHUNGER

VDuR AjL
®
OTHER - MAJESTIC
5
WHITE w.x these three i

CAPTIVES/
THE
VISION
WATCHES
THE
WITCH-DOCTOR
Summon
the
_
SHAR<-
KAi-MAK, LORD J Pa
m/ like the whale, youR-
^ W_MAN
,
OF ThE DEEP/ V ancestors took. tc

A =Oul-lOCX.nG- I THE sea and SPAWNED a RAC
CREATURE VO- rOF HELLISH MONSTERS THAT i
APE AT THAT / APE NOW — ^ -A
ex-
5 _ _ r Q<
7 to-/
) T^Wn
S THAT'S A LIE
FOR CENTURIES YCUVE LIVED, ( I ”Ear /vo __
IN "HIS LA300N, =SEDnS CnM MORTAL/ <1
ThE FwESH OF HUMAN ^^0/
s^cri=ces -- 3 l- :
)
(
'
'JNTlc HIM
SO : MAY
^
x>jr semes s -avs wrrl
COME / YOU DARE 1
,
)
RiP HIM
TO
ShPEDS IN
^ >
NOT RELEASE ME Ja/^: I I COMBAT/^?^:
W/7 >OL/ FEAR FOFHjfj& \"1
LIFE / J»~
XJCJDO WON’
DON'T IT/
DEEP INTO THE GLCCMY WA'ER.

WORLD
wlklu ur
cf the SHARK- GOD
rt -shakx
i
=l-n3ES The VSCN

vi5i’y
BAXT-ER OF S''-I
,
-
ICT EVIL / 7/.,
1
• =
I
>i' AWE-STRiC<EN SAVAGES AND ThE'S

.vvtiTE CAP'VEo WATC-i THE SiPPlES IN
r HE LAGOON into WWCh the VISION HAS
MMSSAPPEASED/
^ OH -OH! ) 1
IT'S
hE«6 he NOW 05.
COMES ^05 NEVES**
"HE KILL.V HERE GOES:
O&AJ-MAK 4
ATTAC<9 *
WITH THE f
SAVAGE ^
FEROClTVy
OF The i
TVGER 7
SHAR< £
•Lighting- DESPERATED "C< ws ufe
THE VISION GANG a hold On kai-mAkS
MIGHTY JAWS/
l
c~ —
r
LOOK.' TkEV KAI-MAKL V
TURN RED 7-^5 HAS
b WITH CONQUERED, VISION APPEAt
the B’-CQD
GATHERED jk
HUMANS
WATT
ANXIOUSLY
FOR
THE [KAl-MAK 1
OUTCOME *iS DEAD/
OF THE
TITANIC
STRUGGLE
M ‘SSu
HAIL -O The smoke

3ESG / := = Es:=- ; -2 vEs-THsaa
'c-' a; Jf'x f;
- t
>rv s-
r TO vcu/^
a/N-Vj^v
/'u.
«E HAS “CRE-ER dkti*Jf .
"?ee: - r JgymT <
If^r
»VN& HE WAS — OR
^FaREWELL.
THE WHAT HE WAS ?
VISION
DEPARTS
THROUGH
THE e.RE-
SMOvCE
EN ROUTE
TO AD
.N The
FIG-H‘r
FOR
JUSTICE
Jnesein, l r. Peteb Mssle
LIGHTS INTO A NAVYGT
DEATH-DEALING
SEA- BA/DEBS, AND
IT FETER NOBLE, ALIAS THEF/N'.
SWIMS NORTH THROUGH THE
ATLANTIC AFTER HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH 'THE BARRACUDA * NAT!
RA/OER OE THE N/CH SEAS
WELL. THAT LEAVES THE
^
SOME STRANGE WH/M OF MOTHERNATURE HAS ENDOWED “THEFW'mH
H^BST
.
\
THE FACULTY &L/UING BENEATH THE WATER, AS YEU
J
1
AS ON LAND, AND WEFIND HIM NOW OWING INTO

\
—
THE BLACK DEPTHS
-/ X ~-T ^ LOOKING FOR
what?
|
^
^BARRACUDA ONJ ICE FOP A
-c / •
HEUO 9 AN ANCIENT DEQELICT-- HEV ! WHAT'S THIS -ANOTHER ONE? 9

VINTAGE OT EK5HTEEN-SIXTY, GOUY, THIS IS A REGULAR
t I SHOULD GUESS / WELL, I'VE GRAVEYARD THINK r ’LL HAVE A «
'
T NO TIME TO EXAMINE IT NOW- LOOK AT THIS ONE — SHE SEEMS J

L
•
THECE'S MOPE IMROCTANT
WORK TO BE DONE IN THESE
PRETTY OLD ^
WATEPS / ^
AMAZ/NGf NOT A NICK
IN IT/ POSITIVELY -
UNCANNY / BUTT CAN 1
SURE USE A POTATO* A
SC8APEC LIKE THIS/ %
MAYBE IT'LL BCINS
ME LUCK
LEAMPM? THE SUBMERSED VESSEL, TNEE/N OAPTS

ro THESOOfXCE AND &KESON7HG0U6H 7HE
COIONS SEA. THESHACLSEtN ONN/SHELMET
CLEAWN6 THE WAVES NEATLY -
\
—
/7TS LOMEfHSTM/DN/GWT, SUE! \€
A HUNCH I'LL CUN/N70 SOME
EXC/TEMENT 8EC0PE VECY
^
fc
IONS/ NMMM.' P&ETrr
LONESOME APOUND
HE&f
•
'/IENTLY SWIFTLY. THEY SEIZE THE UNSUSPECT/N6 Rn7\
‘OLY CHEE, SAM > A sword. A \

LOOK AT D/S MU6 ' ’BETSY'. AN'
wor k/nda ournr EVERYT'/NG 1 •
Y'CAU DAT ? s IE'S JUMP’M
HEY/ LOOK
OUT/ J*
THE HH FALL S L/MPLY. AND/PS^KT BRING HIM ABOARD

ATTACKERS B/NO AND GAGH/M SUFFER/N’ SEAWEED///
SECURELY — MASQUERADE, HO TH/MS/ THAT*
JEEPP?S hE'5T(X'GH' THE F7H ~ YOU'VE GOT THERE/
!
*
pq fttttJWfcL - ^ •
HELL H/TLER/ WE'RE /N LUCK/
TWCOW HIM IN THE BRK5, 80VS-
^ t
4QLVr^^^ v - v J WE CAN USE HIM LATER.7
SOME DOPE IN
A MASQUE CADE
COSTUME, CAP’N
huter/ josr - -
-onc-
CANT- STAND /T/
— OP US - DE CHEW op DE ’ALtWTEG"
CHIEP SPY SWlDOPDE REICH NAW/
ta/uGmr, WE T1P0PP CE NAZI U- BOATS AS TO DE
SOONS WE’PE SlYE'M A DRINK, SOMEBODY POSITION CT VARIOUS AMERICAN
ON DECK / > PRDGHTERS. IN CASE YE'RE INTER-
CMON, NOW 'ij r— , ESTFD/
AMDHe MAXESA OESPEPATE BPEA*, HOW WE'U SEE HOWMAHY APT/CLES
r»pow/H6H/s CAProesorr-ffAiAHce 1 I SIGH ~
QOirSHOY/H'f CAN MAKE
W/ ™™ ,S
I PEH /
IT UNDER. MV OWN STEAM /
WHVVOJ l'lV-livEEEO, vEllOw*

BE. UED. CARMVET20US LITRE CAT/
SET UPON yOjR PEETANO TElL
ME WHATTHiS IS AL. ABOUT:'
NOW- WHERE'S NO! NO! hotm£''\ WHERE DO YOU MEETThE
THAT SWINE OE - PLEASE.' GO ‘WAY/ ) NAZI Sl3S TO GIVE THEM
A CAPTAIN ? i YOUR INFORMATION ?
TELL ME. OPS'LL cur
YOUQ HEAPFOUr,
A NO STUFF I r
DOWN YOU/?
THPOAT/
T
NO! NO! I'LL TELL VOU! THERE - •
• STARTLING TNE CNSDSEEC77N6 DEOA
/SA SECRET RASE TWENTY E/HE NANDS BY DiZ/NS 0YEe TNE/RNEADS
MILES SOLTWEASTOEeERE -MAN OYER THEGUNWALE. AND/NTQ ThESEA '
ISLAND CG'/E-WEPASSBY/r
REGULARL Y, AND SEND THEM 0OR OKAY- OKAY, PAL ANVTWNC
'
NUN
/NEORMA DON BY ID OBLIGE ' TUANKS R)R
j
S- METER BAND. iTê-lNFO' /

-
"
AHA - HERE SHE IS HASN'T
1
DRlCTED MORE THAN A MilEOR

TWO HOPE r CAN BLUFF
NOW TO GET BACK! TO
THESE MUGS — r CAM wiTHTHE
.
AID CF BETSY' AND THIS

THE 'ALWATFe - SENl fe * CUTLASS f A
ANOTHER MESSAGE
AND £*r'M
LET'S SEE THE CATS GETOUTCF
ALL BIGHT, WOO JUGWEADS,

STAND 3ACK I'M GOINS UPTOM
1
RADIO SWAClC, AND NO ONE

FOLLOWS ME -HfA/? * ANVONE
'—v- DOES, THROWS A
party w.'h davy
DO -J2 ne:s
®countries,
EEP INTHE HEART OF NAZI-CONTROLLED
lieutenant oohnwatkins.
AN ENGLISH OFFICER, IN THE ROLE OF
CITIZEN "V" HAS BROUGHT HOPE TO
-
THOUSANDS WHO, INSPIRED 6V HtS BRAVE

,
EFFORTS AGAINST TUEC CONQUERORS, j

I
HAVE FORMED A GREAT UNOER6ROUN[5/
[ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE /
u
\ v 7battalion/
/
/
,
Bn
A
FRANCE,CmZENV CART?
HlOOEN DOORWAY AND DOWN A
INTO HE KNOCKS ON A
SECRET PANEL...THREE
¥ it's i QUICK, 1
Pierre...,
FLIGHT OF STONE STEPS/ QUICK CAPS, FOLLOWED CITIZEN OPEN THE
r TMis BY ONE SHARP BLOW.' L"v7r: DOOR' jm
1
WILL CALL
FOR COURAGEOUS
^ 1
ACTON 0Y THE M
V-BATTAUONJ
fÔTlZEN ARE THERE > uuii wu*.

Jr HAS BROUGHT SIX LIBERTY- LOVING MONSIEUR'
NEW HOPE AND LIFE ) MEN HERE. WILLING < 7* YES/V
STRONG HANDS UFT TO OUR PEOPLE / < TO SACRIFICE THEIR
LIVES. IF NECESSARY.
ÂND SIXTY
THAT
.TIMES
A HEAVY TIMBER THAT
‘
THROUGH HIS EFFORTS NUMBER,

TO FIGHT THE
BARRICADES THE HIDE-OUT,
of the "V- Battalion'/ >
WE WILL AGAIN BECOME
FREE AND WILL
EVENTUALLY DRIVE ^ *7 ENEMY?
/ Jf
I
THE CONQUEROR BACK.
r LONG LIVE ,
^
L CITIZEN V/y
/ then, Choose tour they speed away THROUGH DARKENED PARIS

—
Patriots, Pierre,
I
FOLLOW ME'
HAVE A CA3
and
rZt.\
.
STREETS
mil II M
Mf X HAD TO BE A UTTLE
POLS- W ith A COUPLE OF
«
^
^ outside j
^?S
NATS TO GET THIS
STAFF CAR
. '
*
in The back toj will find WE ARE BQNG CHALLENGED WE ARE A PATROL
MA21 HELMETS AND
TRENCH COATS POR
^
W BY THE SENTRY AHEAD. . . HEADED cut CP TLE
CITY TO ROUND UP
MM
LET ME DO THE TALKING ]
US TO PUT ON ^^^M TRAITORS TO THE r^GOOfi
'
THIRD REICH '

J PASS
/—-^COMRADE?.
i
I
,
7/
///' \
v v,E -
C HITLER
1
Citizen V' stops at a river,

1
FAR FROM THE CTY

^ TWO LARGE TANK DIVISIONS OF *«
Ttws is my Plan.... THE ENEMY WILL CRCST THIS BRIDGE ^HAH WHEN
HIDOEN OVER THERE ARE SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ,' ' THEY HIT THE
TOOLS TO CUT LOOSE A THEY ARE HEADED FOR THE OPEN GAP IN
Section of the pontoon NAZI FORCES ON THE - THE BRIDGE ‘
"
BRIDGE ACROSS THIS
. RIVER '
r^
[
V EASTERN FRONT,' 1 ,
MANY
BE DESTROYED'.
WILL
—
THE LEADING TANKS PLUNGE THROUGH THE

OPEN BRIDGE, INTO THE RIVER 5
'
—
TANKS OF ALL VARIETY ROLL
UP TO THE PONTOON BRIDGE.
THINKING THE RIVER IS
COVERED WITH FOG/ p-^-
OTHERS FOLLOW, PILING UP TANKS r THE WIND HAS \

IN A UUMSLED MASS OF WRECKAGE-! Shifted, Clearing
>. OUR SMOKE _
AWAV /
^ THIS HAND GRENADE TOSSED
INTO THAT TANK WILL DISPOSE <
OF THE CREW f,
r J
Citizen 'V opens fire on the

REMAINDER OF THE TANK crmwvy r —
MANY CF THE NAZi TANKS ARE BLASTED TO BITS 9Y
— - u^ r
^ withering fire ' i •
COLUMN / <w
THE NAZIS MAKE A

startling discovery'
< HIMMELl we've

behind Citizen "V 1
CAPTURED CITI2
.
BACK IN PASS, CITIZEN "V" IS AFTER the guard leaves,

TOSSED INTO AN OLD DUNGEON THAT citizen "V" sees .....
THE NAZIS HAVE CONVERTED INTO
A JAIL /
LOOKS LIKE
51 /FIRING
THE ^
V*
r WHAT THE . .
THAT SLAB IN
MY WORK S 1 » SOUAD HAS 1 THE FLOOR 19
OVER/ BUT I NO TERROR f k MOVIN0I £
MY FOLLOWERS TOR ClTlZEN'V'/
„ WILL CARRY a
?
ON AFTER -4
s. I'M GONE] 1
I Don't know what THIS IS A LONG

TUNNEL UNDER
I THINK I'VE FOUND » the prison i
1
. A FRIEND /
^ CITIZEN "V.T^
COMEDOWN HERE
w QUICKLY I ^
WONDER. WHO MY BACK AT A SECRET RENDEZVOUS OF TH£^

RESCUER IS ...
WHY . . . - IT.. + îVi afraid thereÎ
IT'S PIERRE l .
p UNKNOWN TO THE NA7IJ ,
MAY BE SEROUS
THEY PLACED \OU IN A CONSEQUENCES WHEN
CEU- THAT HAD A J^ The NAZIS Find ^
to- MEANS OF ESCAPE
k_WUCH WE KNEW ABCLfT' ^ I HAVE GOTTEN 1
AWAY I
S
B READ THIS ULTIMATUM, ^8 I CAN'T ALLOW THE 1
r pis' unless citizen "J* A
^ 1 WILL
CITIZEN V* BACK
WAVE THIS 1-
IN PRISON
SURRENDERS IN TWELVE HOURS,
ONE HUNDRED HOSTAGES WILL
BE SWOT FOR EVECV HOUR y-
NAZIS TO CARPS' OUT.
THIS BARBAROUS PLAN/
Br Z WILL
OR EVERY FRENCHMAN —
__ in the City will J to HE IS AT LARGE '
V SUFFER/ r—-
W BUT. . .
FEW HOURS I HAVE

FIRST, IN THE T“JW TT7
LEFT, X WILL TRY 1 £&/quarters
THE PRIVATE
A DARING SCHEME! of the \
NAZI COMMANDANT )
gf THAT THAT
ISSUED 4
MURDEROUS ORDER J
|
L, me; —
= j
^
1 4
Citizen V crashes
THROUGH THE
\<x^ 1
—LL
\
WINDOW/ J
THAT'S JUST MV - 1
YOU'RE LOOKING INTO
• EASY PJKICH. 1
OW-H-h^hm THE BUSINKJEHDOF TtXK
STmy poor' OWN REVOLVER. .. SO ^
START WRITING WHAT 1
C HEAD/ t I DICTATE
OR ELSE / 1
f7
r MOW DO V"'
^You LIKE
THE SAMPLE?.
^
now telephone fcr

An orderly to come
FOR THAT ORDER AND 4
1
|P TOU BETRAY ME .. . .
rWBlTE AN CODEC CANCELLING —

>
-c
REMEMBER iV STANDING
BEHIND THIS SCREEN
THE ONE CALUNG FOR ™E EXECUTION •
WITH YOUR GUN
OF THOSE HOSTAGES/ ^ v AIMED AT ]
^ ycurhead! J
JUST WHAT X'M LOO<ING

SURE YOJ REMEMBER FOR... in This MEDiONE
THIS VlS'T
A FEW DAYS /
FOR ^ .KIT A BOTTLE OF
l
IODINE AND A SWAB]
\V
ENERV SOLDIER. CP
DER FUEHRER WILL
HUNT YOU DOWN /
DON'T THINK YOU WILL
- EVER ESCAPE l
^
^
) —
7 I'LL DECORATE THAT ( OH, I DON'T THINK. X WILL' AMD
86 PAT STOMACH OF TOURS you'd Better not cancel
c WITH A RED
7 just so you U
V ^
yj
THAT OCOER TO SPARE THOSE
HOSTAGES BECAUSE. IF YOU
( WILL REMEMBER^ DO, X WILL SEE THAT ALL .
r-
V CITIZEN “V" FOR ) Paps hears about this 2/JC
V.A FEW DAYS 1
\ / "V" YOU ARE WEARING/
AND, IF YOUR STUPIDNESS A U5L.J
IN NOT WARNING \OUR ORDERLY "
ABOUT ME REACHES THE EARS // '
OF NOUR SUPERIORS, VOU r'lf A i
WILL BE PUNISHED. ... j-S I [Wf J

^ BECAUSE . . .
y H \M
. . . YOU FORGOT THAT THIS Citizen *v # leaps from a

GUN OF YOURS HAPPENS ,
HIGH BANK TO THE TRAIN /
TO BE UNLOADED / , ME LHJ I
IS FILLED <
f
THIS IS SOOT, EH WITH R.A.F.
FRITZ? HAULING THESE
ENGLISWERS AWAY TO
_ FU6RS/ /
PRISON/
SO YOU NAZIS
WANT TO ,
, PLAY/ J
SHOOT
HIM /
. ^ -
IN A
train,
FEW MOMENTS THE CAB, FREE OF THE
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