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| Publisher |
Quality |
| Artist |
Ed Cronin |
| Published | May 1940 |
A collection of comics and stories, including -- "The Sign of the Cricket" , feat. the Spider: The city is in the grip of terror due to the machinations perpetrated by the Cricket, who, like the Spider, leaves a calling card at the scene of his crimes. -- "Origin of the Red Torpedo" , feat. titled hero, the Red Torpedo : When U.S. Navy man Jim Lockhart invented a human-guided, one-man submarine, his superiors in the military reject it. Not to be deterred, he took his invention to the private sector, and, with his fiancee, Meg, built it on their own. Then donning his distinctive uniform, he sets out on his first mission to save an American ship from European aggressors. -- "The Man Who Can Fly Like a Bird" , feat. the Black Condor : Saved by his mother from a group of raiders who had murder his father, infant Grey is raised by condors with whom he seems to connect, and, as he grows, he studies the mechanics of flight, which he eventually succeeds in emulating. Taken in by a kindly Monk, Grey takes revenge on Gali Khan for killing the Monk and swears a life-long effort to bring evil doers to justice. -- Plus: Madam Fatal, Wizard Wells, the Space Legion, and many more!!
