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"THE HUMAN TORCH"
"THE ANGEL"
"SUBMARINER"
"MASKED RAIDER"
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 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN I FINISHED , I
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOUND I HAD SURPASSED
M F THE PRESS ° А SYNTHETIC MAN — ANYTHING THAT ANY
сона MY А AN ЕХАСТ REPLICA OF SCIENTIST HAD EVER DONE —

BECAUSE I, PROFESSOR HORTON, A HUMAN BEING|

HAVE А DIFFICULT PROBLEM
IN MY LATEST DISCOVERY°°

IN THIS AIR-TIGHT GLASS

CAGE, LIVES MY CREATION
••
I CALL HIM
— THE HUMAN TORCH/
IF YOU'LL FOLLOW МЕ I'LL | ж М SOMETHING WENT WRONG
SHOW YOU WHY, EVEN I \ 7 : (21 WITH MY FIGURINGS
FEAR THE MONSTROSITY, ) А SOMEWHERE * EVERY TIME
WHICH I'VE CREATED I ! THIS ROBOT, THE HUMAN
TORCH, CONTACTS OXYGEN
IN THE AIR, HE BURSTS INTO
FLAME! NOW WATCH 7

AS HORTON ALLOWS SOME

AIR INTO THE CAGE, THE
OTHERS GASP IN TERROR /—

Gooo Lor BUT YOU SEE,

SORRY,GENTLEMEN,
THAT FIGURE MAN, BEFORE SOME MAD- DESTROYING HIM, DOES NOT
IS A WALL MAN CAN GRASP ITS ANSWER ANYTHING!Í
OF FIRE// PRINCIPLES AND HURL ”

THEN PERHAPS
THE POWER OF
THE PRESS WILL
HELP CHANGE
YOUR MIND!

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WITHIN THE HOUR NEWS/ES -HELLO!-YES THIS IS HORTON! THAT EVENING |
ARE ON THE STREET WITH WHO IS THIS 9 :** THE
AN EXTRA! SCIENTISTS’ GUILD? +- EIGHT BELLS!
YOU WANT TO SEE MY А ~ YOU'RE ON
EXTRA /- READ CREATION ? — CERTAINLY! TIME Boys!
ALL ABOUT THE ANYTIME YOU SAY – TONIGHT 2. °
МАМ OF FIRE- THE VERY WELL 6%. AT EIGHT!

AS HORTON READS THE

PAPER IN HIS STUDY, THE
PHONE BUZZES, BREAKING
THE ROOM'S EERIE SILENCE ,

YOU KNOW, HORTON, THOSE I THOUGHT $0, MY To BE TRUTHFUL, \

NEWSPAPERS HAVE AROUSED FRIENDS ', COME THIS EVEN I CAN'T )
THE PUBLIC AND WE THREE WAY PLEASE — AND I UNDERSTAND PERHAPS
HAVE BEEN SENT TO INVESTI- WILL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING! THIS STRANGE WE MIGHT
GATE THIS SO CALLED— PHENOMENON! |ВЕ ABLE
IT'S HARD TO TO ANA-
— HUMAN TORCH — SAY WHAT IT 1$ LYSE HIM,
IT MIGHT BE HORTON =
SPONTANEOUS s 3
COM BUS TION—
BuT мно KNOWS

= HE LOOKS HARMLESS ENOUGH• •

DO You MIND FEEDING HIM SOME
AIR , HORTON 2 ~ SO WE CAN
MEASURE THE HEAT GIVEN
WITH THIS PYROMETER
2=

AS AIR LEAKS IN THE THE METER SNAPPEO

WEIRD FLAME LIVENS LIKE THE HEAT 15
А HELLISH FIRE// 700 GREAT /—
Goo» LORD – THE HANDS OF HAVE
CONTROL OVER
NO
THE METERS HAVE ALREADY
GONE OFF THE DIALS / — THE FLAME?
 : HORTON, THIS, MAY HURT” SURELY, THERE MUST
AND NOW THAT YOU'VE BUT SINCE YOU'VE NO BE SOME OTHER WAY
SEEN IT ** WHAT 15 CONTROL OVER HIM, I'M THAN TO BREAK HIM УР ! —
YOUR OPINION 2 — INCLINED TO AGREE WITH FOR WHO KNOWS, IN THE
| THE NEWSPAPERS /— / COURSE Юн EXPERIMENTA=
TION, IGHT HIT ON A
DESTROY HIM. DEVICE TO GAIN CONTROL
OF, AND MASTER
THIS
MECHANICAL |
товсн! iy
3.
mm)С»

- THERE IS А WAY OUT, THATS 17 le ЈЕ I FIND

HORTON !— ENTOMB THE SOLUTION,I CAN
HIM IN Å CONCRETE DIG Н/М OUT, AND THAT
BLOCK, SO THAT IF - > мак THERE S ама, DANCER +
-EUREKA fe TS swer/—

WITNESSES OF THE PRESS, YOU'VE SEEN

ME SEAL THE HUMAN TORCH IN
THIS STEEL TUBE
- PERHAPS FOREVER! 2 Зе 7 or

LIFTING FHE STEEL" TUBE,

WHERIN LIES THE HUMAN TORCH,
TWO HUSKIES CARRY IT
FROM THE ROOM—

Ж
44277

AS THE TUBE HITS THE WET

CEMENT MIXTURE AND SINKS,
HORTON MAKES А VOW
TO FIND A SOLUTION TO
CONTROL THE FLAME!==
 TIME WENT BY - AND EVERYBODY HAD THE WINDOWS OF
FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE FIRE-MAN, UNTIL, HORTON'S NEARBY HOME
ONE £ARLY MORNING ,THERE WAS А WERE SHATTERED TO BITS /—
TERRIFYING BLAST AND TYE EARTH
SPLIT OPEN

Good HEAVENS — WHAT — YE GODS! THAT WAS - HE MUST HAVE BEEN ! —

WAS THAT 2— 7 wowDER 21 THE HUMAN*TORCH'S TOMB! NOTHING COULD SURVIVE
COoucD HE HAVE BEEN A BLAST LIKE THAT
DESTROYED 2 "t+ NOTHING: ·

bA
4
a
\
s HORTON
THE
RUSHES
SHATTERED
70
win Dow I —

-UNLESS THERE WAS А

LEAK IN THE AIR-TIGHT - BUT THERE HAD BEEN А LEAK А SLOW LEAK, Al-
TUBE IN WHICH HE WAS LOWING THE OXYGEN TO SEEP IN SLOWLY! THE
BURIED:* А LEAK?! BUT HUMAN TORCH IN CONTACT WITH AIR, SPREADS
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE— TERROR THROUGH THE CITY, AS EVERYTHING HE
7 SEALED SI æ—
IT MYSELF TOUCHES TURNS INTO AN INFERNO // —

IM BURNING Alive!
WHY MUST EVERYTHING
7 TOUCH, TURN 70
ATTRACTED BY THE CLANG WELL, WHAT ARE You ЕХ HURRY/— THAT GUY
OF F/RE-ENGINES, AFTER GUYS. WAITING рот? STILL HERE/ ** WATER
SOMEBODY HAD TURNED IN А C'Mon — GET THE OUGHT то DO THE
FIRE ALARM, THE HUMAN TORCH TURNS HOSE INTO ACTION /
LOOK /— `
THE HUMAN TORCH!
BUSY MEN I

AS THE WATER SPURTS ONTO THE HUMAN-

TORCH — A HISSING SOUND BELLOWS—
A CLOUD OF SMOKE RISES ++ BUT THE
FIREMEN ARE DUMBFOUNDED, AS • •• —

GLoRy BE THE
GUY'S LAUGHING!
IT AINT >
HUMAN11

KEEP POVRING WATER

ON Я/М-- THE FLAMES
риме роим/— Гм
GOING TO GET HORTON I

ÅS THE HUMAN TORCH STEPS

ON Å HOSE, IT BURNS THROUGH,
AND THE WATER SPURTS OUT
 I MUST FIND А RETREAT ° IT LOOKS LIKE А POOL - GRIPPING THE IRON
I VE ALREADY CAUSED IN THERE * * PERHAPS GATE (М AIS FLAMING-
TOO MUCH DAMAGE '° ° THAT WILL PUT OUT HANDS, THE HUMAN TORCH
THIS FLAME
I — MELTS HIS WAY THROUGH
THE HEAVY BARS —

Ф:
272 3. s

THOSE IRON
BARS CAN'T
STOP МЕ!
LEAVING A TRAIL OF BLAZING
GRASS, THE HUMAN-TORCH
DIVES INTO THE POOL ** °

WAIT А MINUTE — DID NOW LISTEN— GET

YOU SAY BURNING? I! — THE WINTER GLASS-
DAT'S FUNNY — THAT MEANS BUT ONE THINGS COVER, THAT FITS
DE GRASS ROUND THE POOL- DRAW
DE POOL ,/ £ THE AIR OUT *** THEN
BOWIW ,SARDO I DRAIN THE WATER.
бит /— HURRYI —
DON’T ASK ANY |
QUESTIONS!

H. H/- I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT FORGET IT RED- WE

SO !- IT'S THE I LIKE ABOUT GOT А MILL/ON- DOLLAR
HUMAN TORCH 1! YOU RED — RACKET, AND DON'T
YOU'RE So NEED TO WORRY
STUPIDI
 FROM NOW. ON, ок! AND OUR FIRST LOOK DOPE = THAT Guy
RED, WE'RE ГЕ YOUSE CUSTOMER WILL INTHE POOL 1.5 TH
IN THE SEZ $0, ВЕ THE АСМЕМ HUMAN TORCH—
FIRE- INSURANCE SARDO! WAREHOUSES, AND HE CAN
BUSINESS > INC. МЕСТ STEEL 11

SARDO TRIES EXPLAINING To RED

HIS PLAN TO USE THE HUMAN TORCH:

IF YOU'VE READ THE Y£AH/- BUT, GET THE Bur, I 57/24 DON'T
PAPERS, YOU'D KNOW WHAT'S OUR CAR OUTS SEE HOW THAT
THAT HE STARTS BURNING NEXT MOVE WE'RE GOIN’ FREAK CAN BE op
AS SOON AS HE HITS To CALL ON ANY USE TO US IN
AIRI~ Do rov GET THE ACMEN ouf RACKET, BOSS=
IT NOW Р— WAREHOUSES —

ILL SHOW YoU— - YESSIR, WHAT ID LIKE

YOU STAY HERE, CAN I DO TO SEE SHALL I SAY :
RED, WHILE I HAVE A FOR You 2 MR. HARRIS, 1$ CALLING?=7 SARDO= AND
SALES- TALK WITH PLEASE. TELL HIM IT'S
THE COMPANY'S HOT STUFFS
PRESIDENT I— >

THERE'S A MR. SARDO MR. HARRIS ,ILL BE BRIEF- LISTEN, SARDO,—

OUTSIDE TO, SEE YOU ++ UNLESS YOV SIGN UP FOR I DONT NEED
НЕ SAYS-/78 "HOT STUFF/” МЕ PROTECTION INSUR- ANY INSURANCE =
ANCE — You WONT HAVE AND I HATE
ANY MORE RAW- STEEL PUNKS LIKE
"HOT STUFF ?"— LEFT IN YOUR WAREHOUSES! rov- So GET
WHAT'S THAT 2-
он WELL, SEND HIM IN=
 =
DID YA NO, GET NOW, RED, FILL THE
HAVE ANY MOVING — WE b: POOL WiTH WATER.
LUCK, SARDO? /GOT WORK lå THEN GET A DIVING-
SUIT AND A GLASS -
TUBE TO FIT THE
HUMAN TORCH
— хомо
FIND THEM IN MY LAB!

SARDO AND HIS LIEUTENANT HEAD

FOR THEIR MANSION- WHERE THEY
STRANGELY HOLD THE HUMAN TORCH

OK- RED — LOWER А TAKE IT EASY NOW —

ROPE, THEN HAUL AWAY === OR YOV'LL BREAK
EVERYTHING /5 ОКЕН— THE GLASS !!
50 FAR I

AFTER DONNING THE DIVING -SUIT-

SARDO LOWERS HIMSELF INTO THE
PooL AND FITS THE TUBE ОМ THE GLASS CASE IS THEN PLACED
THE HUMAN TORCH, WHO THINKS ON AN OPERATING COT AND THEN
SARDO /S HELPING HIM — WHEELED 70 THE BACK OF A TRUCK:

OK- NOW HEAD FOR THOSE = THERE'S THE

WAREHOUSES, WHERE HARRIS | WAREHOUSE, SARDO-
KEEPS HIS STEELS THAT BIG ONE,
THERE /—

THE TRUCK BEARING THE TORCH,

SPEEDS THROUGH THE NIGHTS

DON'T BREAK THE CASE- ITS Au YOURS, TORCH!—

” NOT TOO FAST— BURN IT TO THE GROUND Å
MOVE HIM SLOWLY
!— HAHI--L ONLY WISH HARRIS
COULD SEE THIIS—

SARDO TAKES CAREFUL AIM AND THROWS

А WEIGHT AT THE PROTECTING GLASS
CASE+*+ THE OXYGEN OF THE AIR
MAKES TORCH BURST INTO FLAMES /—
 I CONFESS I DON'T UNDER- W ТІ - THEN НЕ BRINGS ME
STANDO: I THOUGHT SARDO N HERE, AND BREAKS THE
WAS TRYING TO HELP | Ч COVER :** I WONDER IF
HE MIGHT BE JUST A
LOW- DOWN RACKETEER?

THAT'S ITl- HE MUST UH- OA/- THE ROOF

B£ /- ELSE WHY LET ME CAVED IN I — THAT'S
LOOSE IN THIS TINDER MY WAY OUT /—

; / 1/ 22 я x s

F 2 ий "| EvEN THE HUMAN TORCH IS SURPRISED

2 / / 2 AS HIS LEAP TURNS 007 70 BE А
AKING А RUNNING/, | 3 22154 FYRE SPACE /— THE REASON
WAS THAT THE BLUE AND COMBINED
JE | RED FLAMES MADE THE HUMAN TORCH
LEAPS UPWARD
S— LIGHTER THAN AIR 7---

THE GOGGLE- - Now FoR THAT CROOK

EYED SPEC- я SARDO AND HIS MOB
TATORS FLEE B 2 OF RATS
I! =
AS THE HUMAN 9 у
TORCH LANDS 9 Я {
IN THEIR MIDST,
MANY BLOCKS
AwAY—
 WHAT'S THIS FLASH HA! YOU'RE А FOOL, SAROO*
OF FIRE COMING INTO „- WHY LOCK THE DOOR? —
MY PLACE? WHY- IT'S
THE HUMAN TORCH 11

SARDO RUNS INTO

THE HOUSE- SLAM-
MING THE DOOR,
Я CLOSED DOOR CANT STOP
SARDO15 TAKEN BY SURPRISE Br IN AN EFFORT TO
ESCAPE THE THE HUMAN TORCH— HE
THE TORCH Г SUDDEN APPEARA WALKS RIGHT THROUGH IT/—
ON HIS _GROUNDS — BUT HUMAN TORCHI

Good LORD! — HE'S BURNING» - HE LL NEVER GET ME I WONDER WHERE SARDO

THROVGH THE DOORS— I VE THERE /— THE WALLS ARE DISSAPPEARED To | —
сог то HIDE /- вит WHERE? MADE OF TWELVE INCH BATTLE: I SAW HIM :
-7 GOT /T/- MY UNDERGROUND SHIP CHROMIUM
¿48— (rt STEEL=ITLL STOP Him! STEEL PLATES/—

=
= =
LIG EN ~
SARDO RUNS то HIS SECRET
UNDERGROUND LAG /

IT'S FUNNY, BUT - WA/- HA/-HA— Ir

I CAN'T FIND WAS EASY TO BURN
SARDO IN THESE SAROO'S HOME Down!
RUINS —
“1 WoNDER?:*. Қ (

2
Ж
1 A 1
-AS THE HOUSE С|
COLLAPSES, А LONE |
FIGURE STANDS ERECT—
/77 THE HUMAN TORCH, UN-
P
å
TOUCHED IN THE FIERY INFERNO} 7“ 7 м d 72

HELPING THE DESTRUCTION ^ ь [—

WITH HIS OWN HEAT/—

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR SARDO-

LET'S DUCK QUICK•• SAY- ITS THE
TORCH= HE FIRED THE HOUSES- AS THE
HUMAN TORCH
LEAPS FORWARD
THE OTHERS
SPREAD OUT =
SOME DIVING
INTO THE
PooL= * • •
SARDO'S
MAN, RED,
DUCKS
UNDER А
NEARBY
CAR L—
 THAT RAT BURNED-ALL RIGHT!
JUMPING THRU AND THOSE FELLOWS IN THE
SPACE LIKE A POOL WONT COMEUP FOR AIR—
COMET, THE
HUMAN TORCH
LANDS ON THE |
CAR AND MELTS KS
THE BODY AS
IE IT WERE MADE
OF BUTTER/—

p 22

THE HUMAN TORCH, HAVING- — RUNS BACK INTO THE

SCALOED THE GANGSTERS (N THE FLAMING- HOUSE , SEEKING
POOL, BY TURNING WATER ТО STEAM- SARDO'S HIDEOUT—

HMM ~ А STEEL DOOR:

= FUNNY, Г DIDN'T
NOTICE IT

HELP! THE <

HEAT'S KILLING
ME! SA
Р
Чин

PLACING HIS HANDS ON THE

Door, 17 REACTS LIKE AN
ACETEYLENE TORCH - BORING
А HOLE THRU THE STEEL /--

50 — THIS (S Sagno's HEH- НЕН- So You THINK

LABORATORY ~ AND Гм Лот YOU'LL GET ME, EH $ —
SUPPOSED TO GET BY THAT NOT IN Å MILLION
SPECIAL DOOR EH ?/— YEARS, MÅ. TORC/
H—

SARDO, IN AN yy HAVING FUN,

ATTEMPT TO SARDO 2
BRING THE 5
TORCH UNDER
HIS CONTROL,
DONS А GAS-
MASK AND
HURLS A GAS

\ Вомв
HIM — WITH
NO
AT

EFFECT-
TWE MEAT
WM CAVSING IT
To FIZZ
BEFORE IT
CAN EVEN
TOUCH THE
HUMAN
TORCHI
 SARDO— NOW HALF-=CRAZ
ED,
PICKS UP A TANK OF LIQUIDAR:
JUST AS HE IS ABOUT TO
FLING-/7, THE CLANG OF
FIRE ENGINES CATCHES THE
ATTENTION OF BOTH MEN /—

THEHUMAN TORCH LAUGHS AND

8/05 SARDO TO WATCH HIM —
ASHE PICKS UP А BOMA—
INSTANTLY IT MELTS//

GET THAT NITRO-

TANK OUT OF

WHILE THE FIREMEN FIGHT THE

ROARING- BLAZE FROM THE OUTSIOE, —
HORTON SPOTS А TANK FULL OF NITROGEN—
HE RUSHES INTO THE FLAMES /—

WHI
EYES POP WITH
AMAZEMENT —

WITH A MIGHTY
LEAP HIS ARMS
CLOSE AROUND THE
SLIM TANK, MELTING
IT == AND THE NITRO
GAS SHOOTS UP —

THiS'LL BE А BUT THE $744 SUPER -HOT

BETTER WORLD SKIN. SAVES THE TORCH From
WITHOUT YOU —
DESTRUCTION :- THE LEAO
PELLET MELTS, AS /7 LANOS
MR. ToRCH/ BETWEEN THE EYES /—

E FLAME >
EN THE FIRE CHIEF SEEING-
тне ҮР heal || рет, DRAWS HIS GUN AND FIRES-
 HE'S BACK — BUT WAIT !-
WHAT'S THIS 2— «f£
ITH A FLAME (5 ovr /— WHY?
GURGLING
LAUGH,
THE HUMAN
TORCH
WHIRLS AND
MAKES А
SVODEN
DASH BACK
INTO THE
BLAZING-
EMBERS !!-

THERE WAS A TANK OF -BUT AS THE HUMAN TORCH — мом I'M SURE IT WAS
NITRO UPSTAIRS- COULD APPROACHES SARDO, HE THE NITRO ll— THIS GIVES
AGAIN BURSTS INTO FLAME+,
IT HAVE BEEN THAT 2 — ME A CHANCE TO STRIKE
//S—
IT HAS POSSIBILITIE А BARGAIN!

HERE, YOU CAN HAVE —BuT THE

THIS NITRO — IF HUMAN TORCH THIS'LL COME
YOU'LL LET ME FLIES FORWARD IN HANDY !—
GO! AND QUICKLY
WRESTS THE
TANK FROM
SARDOS GRIP!

RUSHING- TO A CORNER, SARDO

GETS A TUBE OF NITRO
GAS AND OFFERS IT 70 THE
HUMAN TORCHI

-BUT AS FOR LETTING LISTEN,- I'LL DO — You RAT/— vov

YOU Ço — NEVER / — ANYTHING YOU, / SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT
SAv- ONLY DON T 2 ДД OF THAT BEFORE You
BURN МЕ /— И DECIDED TO MAKE ME
THE GOAT FOR YOUR
RACKET /—
 Tue HUMAN TORCH m—— Ч. QA
АД?
SPRING SINTO ACTION
AND STARTS DESTROYING-
SARDO 5 LABORATORY /—

THEN LEAPING IN APE-

LIKE FASKION-MHE RIPS THE
CHEMICAL -LADEN SHELVES DOWN!

NOW S МУ LAST - AND WITH SEEMINGLY FIENDISH DELIGHT, e WHERE HE GRIPS A TANK
FINAL CHANCE TO ТЕМА TORE СЕИ ДЕН OF SULPHURIC ACID -THEN
GET Him 1 — SNEAKS AWAY TO Å CORNER-- - SNEAKS UP BEHIND THE TORCH/
A

POOR FOOL- KILLED Ву

HIS OWN HAND —

URLING THE TANK —

IT EXPLODES BEFORE IT
EVEN TOUCHES JHE
HUMAN TORCH
/=

WE HEARD AN -A RAT HEY CHIEF !—

EXPLOSION DEALT OUT I Just saw MORE OF 2
OUT НЕВЕ!- JUSTICE TO HORTON TALK- THE тоси
WHAT WAS HIMSELF HORTON! ING TO THE WORK, ёи?-

CONTROL HIS FLAME, THE TORCH

WALKS OUT OF THE BURNING LAB—
MEANWHILE
LEAVES HORTON
THE TORCH
AND MOVES
LATER | 17 WORKSI! I САМ G 000 LoRD-I сам THROW
INTO THE FLAMES TO EXPERIMENT NOW CONTROL THE FLAME, THE FLAME AS I woveco
WITH THE / —
NITRO 2 WITHOUT THE
NITRO !
I HOPE THIS NITRO
WILL BRING COMPLETE
CONTROL OVER THE

THEN TURNING BACK ТО

AIS FLAME - THE TORCH FINDS
THAT HE CAN FLING THE BLUE
FLAME FROM HIS Booby!

ATTENTION — ALL САРУУ/- — I WONDER IF THAT

CLOSE IN ON TORCH11 CAR I$ FOLLOWING МЕ Ф—
-HES HEADED Down
SPRUCE STREETI—
HURRY- ILL TRAIL HIM
JUST IN CASE /—

HIS SUSPICIONS
CONFIRMED =THE
TORCH SHOOTS
AHEAD LIKE
A COMET - THE
MEANWHILE, THE CHIEF RUNS CAR BEING LEFT
BACK TO HIS CAR AND SENOSA FAR BACK IN
MESSAGE OVER THE ETHER THE DISTANCE!

ITS NO USE! THE

HEATS ТОО GREAT:
WE CAN'T EVEN
GET NEAR НМ!

BUT AT THE CORNER А BLOCKADE

OF POLICE CARS SEEMINGLY
TRAP THE TORCH /—

LOOK -SoRRY, I CAUSED You So

THE FLAME MUCH TROUBLE ** I DIDN'T
1S со! KNOW YOu WERE AFTER
МЕ... IT'S ОК!— YOU CAN
TAKE МЕ- MY BODY'S COLD! —
TORCH, YOU'VE BURNING — ALL OF WHICH WAS PART VERY WELL , HORTON—
COMMITTED А THE WARE- OF SARDO'S PLAN FOR A THE TORCH IS IN YOUR
MOST DASTARDLY HOUSE WAS RACKET !- YES, I AM GUILTY CUSTODY
!— нА!-нЕР
—M
CRI BURE
NING SARDO'S OF BURNING SARDO'S ESTATE, PROBABLY BURN THE
А WAREHOUSE PLAN TO BUT IT WAS OF HIS OWN JAIL DOW IF I DIDN'T
AND THEN PRO- SHAKE DOWN DOING — HE SET ME FREE Do So!—
CEEDING TO THE COMPANY IN AIR, THEREBY ALLOWING
DESTROY SARDO'S FOR PROTECTION ME TO IGNITE |—
ESTA—TE WAY? - AS FOR МЕ-Т
WAS А VICTIM OF
CIRCUMSTANCES! CAP'N, LEAVE
THE TORCH IN
Му CUSTODY- I'LL

THIS MIGHT INTEREST YOU, HORTON, IF HE HAS YOU SEE, I TURN MY FLAME
I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER COMPLETE LIKE TO SEE ON, AND MERELY POINT ! —
CONTROL, I AN EXAMPLE AH — THERE I— YOUR
CAN MAKE OF YOUR CIGAR IS LIT- A PERFECT д
А FORTUNE EXAMPLE OF
THRY HIM ! FLAME CONTROL! / (

\ 5% A
HORTON LEAS
THE TORCH TO HIS
CAR ANO HEAD AT
THE TORCH ORDERS NORTON
ONCE FOR HORTONS то PLACE AN UNLIT CIGAR
HOME — IN HIS. MOUTAT——

HOW'S THAT, PROF © Am SO/- EVEN YOU'VE BEEN

TOUCHED BY THE POSSIBILITY BE FREE, AND
ITS AMAZING! OF A FORTUNE IN ME, EH NO ONE WILL
WE COULO MAKE HORTON 2 EVER USE ME
А FORTUNE /-
FOR SELFISH
GAIN - OR
CRIME/

ДАРИЙ
THEN AS А FURTHER
OF CONTROL- THE TORCH SWAPS
HIS FLAME ON AND OFF/
EXAMPLE
ON’ THE
FLAMEHE
GESTURES
AT THE
CEILING
A CIRCULAR
IN

77.
MOTION —

у ANOTHER
HUMAN TORCH
THEN WITH A LAUGH PICTURE-ACTION
AND A MIGHTY LEAP,
CRASHING THRU THE
UN BURNT OPENING IN
THE ROOF - THE TORCH
SAILS THRU SPACE
LIKE А COMET,
 АТ THE POIN ‚ А GROUP
OF RACKETEERS, KNOWN AS THE "SIX BIG
MEN’, HAVE TAKEN OVER AN ENTIRE
СІТУ.... STRIKING EVERYWHERE
WITH ONLY A MOMENTS NOTICE....

І- LL PAY!
TLL PAY!

A WIFE AN’ THREE KIDS,EH ??

YOU SHOULDA TOLD
МАТ то YOUR

ONE OF YOUR А MOMENT LATER, THE ENGINE A GROUP OF CIVIC-MINDED

TRUCKS 1S L OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK BURSTS| |MEN CALL UPON THE MAYOR.
DOWN THERE — до _ INTO FLAMES AND EXPLODES. =
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POLICE COMMISSIONER, BEEN ONE WITNESS To TESTIFY
TELL YOU HIS SIDE д FOR THE STATE IN THE TWO
HUNDRED ARRESTS WE'VE
DE WHILE THESE RATS HAVE
HAD DOZENS EACH To SWEAR
THEY WERE SOMEWHERE
ELSE!

w, Di |
AFTER HEARINS ABOUT THE OUTRAGES,
ІНЕ MAYOR CALLS IN THE COMMISSIONER |

YOUR HONOR —1 WANT YOU To WAIT, GENTLEMEN! Т STARTED ІР YOURE THINKING OF HIRING
SWEAR IN ALL OF US AS THIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE WE ANGEL TOCLEAN UP HIS
SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS WITH CRIME WAVE AND T'O LIKE To MESS, YOURE GOING A BIT —
FULL POWER TO ACT AS SUGGEST SOMETHING / HAVE ТОО FAR! HE'LL STOP AT Z”
WE SEE FIT/ 7 ANY OF YOU HEARD OF =
МЕ ANGEL 71

NO TRIALS OR LEGAL FORMALmE

© CONTEND WITH — - THESE SO-
CALLED "SIX BIG MEN" WILL Š
SIMPLY BE WIPED OUT! TLL В
mr

PE
< JE. 2

WELL
— YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED,
DR. LANG —- EXCEPT THAT
THE ANGEL 15 ONE STEP
PLANS ARE WORKING VERY WELL! FROM A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
HUH — HE'LL NEVER FIND OUT BY A FIXED JURY...
==
=

TO HIMSELF...
 HEE -HAW- HAW -HAW // RONSON'S BOASTING 15 SUDDENLY
D'YOU HEAR THAT! THE CUT SHORT ВУ А COLD WIND
ANGEL'S AFTER ME! LISTEN BLOWING ACROSS HIS FACE...
YOU ON HIS COPPER — IDON'T >

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INTO A HUGE ANGEL. JITTERS / ГЇМ
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OF THE COURT HOUSE TO THE
NEARBY LAMP POST AND TO THE
GROUND IN FRONT OF RONSON'SCAR.

UNAWARE THAT THE MYSTERIOUS

STRANGER IS IN THE BACK OF HIS
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IN TH' BACK! YOU'RE -- BE YOUR PAL

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THE ANGEL TURNS TO MKE'S PAL..
se + WHO MAKES FOR THE NEAREST IN THE CONFUSIONTHE, THUS
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- INSTEAD OF THE ONE To THE
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INTO THE HALL TO SEE WHO HAD
LEFT THE NOTE FOR HIM ONLY
ТО GET A GLIMPSE OF A WOMAN
ENTERING THE ELEVATOR...»
THERE ARE OMER THAN CIVIC
REASONS WHY THESE MEN ARE
TO BE DONE AWAY WIH! VERY
INTERE STING —/ SO NUMBER
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DENS. TRIGGER BOLO, HEAD OF
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GET RID OF ME, NOTE FOR %/£ ANGEL, STEPS
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STEVE ENKEL 15 WAITING | WELL — MY HUNCH ABOUT А FEW MINUTES LATER, 7HE
UPSTARS — NE / А BIG 8055 WAS RIGHT! ANGEL \S PLACED INA CAR
THREE ARE TO TAKE SO STEVE ENKEL, THE BETWEEN TRIGGER BOLO AND
THE ANGEL TO ME POLITICAL FIXER TRIGGER STEVE ENKEL. WHILE LIL FOLLOWS
WOODS OUTSIDE THE THREE IN HER OWN CAR...
OF ME CITY!

AS LIL STEPS BEHIND THE

TREE, SHE CUTS THE ROPES
WITH A SHARP PEN-KNIFE....
MAKE SURE HE'S
TIED SECUREDLY! ASK ENKEL FOR A
CIGARETTE — -ТНЕ
REST IS УР TO
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ALL THIS MONEY AND A KEY TO
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VAULTS —- I THINK УМ BEGINNING
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FROM THE BOSS To DEPOSIT IT BY
TEN O'CLOCK SO ME CAN CHECK
IT OVER ! ITS NINE-HIRTY —-
TLL HAVE To MOVE FAST/! д6
A PERFECT PLAN, EH!! EXCEPT
YOU MISSED UP AT THE
END! WILL YOU TELL
YOUR STORY TO THE
POLE OR WILL
UNABLE TO CATCH THE FASTCAR
OF uL МЕ ANGEL TURNS TO
NUMBER SIX — -DUTCH HANSEN...
ABOUT THE WHO
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ANGEL .' INSTANTLY HE REACHE CHAIR AND SENDS HIM CRASHING
FOR THE GUN ON THE DESK... INTO THE STONE FIRE-PLACE.
REACHING THE CITY BANK dl. — DUTCH Ц NO—AND
UT А FEW MINUTES BEFORE TEN, | [HASNT BEEN ) HE NEVER
THE ANGEL SEES LIL WALKING HERE !/ WILL EVIHER!
\NTO \T WITH A FAMILIAR MAN...
DR. LANG — WHO
STARTED THIS WAR
ON CRIME ! 50 HE'S
TE BIG BOSS
OR.LANG AND LIL PLANNED THE RACKETS
THE PROCEEDS WHICH WERE To BE
DEPOSITED IN THIS VAULT AND SPLIT
SEVEN WAYS AT THE ENO OF A
YEA !RTHAT WAS WHY THEY WANTED
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QUE HUSBANDS, WIVES, MOTHERS, AND EVEN
LOREN, WERE KILLEDIN DROVES...
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IS QUITE
DESERTED

NOW OLD BOY, YOU, PRESENT 48, I HATE ТО LET YOU GO

SOMEWHAT OF A PROBLEM. у OLD ВОУ- BUT YOU'D ВЕ
A DEAD СМЕ А-ду?

АТ LAST MY DRAN 15 FAST

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THEN, ONE AND SMOOTH, AND OF mes NOTCH DEE

NIGHT, САРОГЕУ | |LATE | HAVE MISSED 53) PL ОМЕМНЕРЕ:
UNDER COVER | |ANY SHOTS 7 гай
OF DARKNESS,
RAIDS HIS
OWN RANCH
FOR SUPPLIES.
THE DAYS OF
HIS
DISAPPEARANCE
BECOME
WEEKS.
| ONE DAY GARDLEY DISCOVERS A MAGNIFICENT WILD HORSE. ПМ SPITE OF GAROLEY'S EFFORTS
THE HORSE REMAINS FREE
BOY Z НЕ SURE IS A
BEAUTY— HE'LL FILL THE
BILL, PERFECTLY 7

= N У — S NOW FELLOW THE FUN

pe ee THEN m | IS GOING
DOGGONE? HE'S CAUGHT CAME DAVS -—
OF THE
UTMOST
PATIENCE
GRADUALLY
JIM WON
THE FRIEND |
SHIPOF THE |
HORSE, HE
CALLED
LIGHTNING" |
1 :
|

LIGHTNING BREAKS INTO

A RUN
LIGHTNING
IS SADDLED
AND
GARDLEY
CLIMBS
ABOARD
HIS
MOUNT
PREPARED
FOR THE
WORST.

SSE LOS SRLIGHTNING £ JUBILANT 1, JIM GARDLEY

NON ON HONNING OVER НЕРЕВУ MAKE A
LIGHTNING'S SOLEMN VOW TO
ABILITIES, FOREVER FIGHT THE
GARDLEY ^ LANLESS...BRING
MÅKES JUSTICE TO THE.
READY TO OPPRESSED, AND HELP
ADOPT THE POOR-TOTHIS r
A NEW 7 END, |, THE MASKED
ROLE RAIDER, DEDICATE
ПЕ Å MY LIFE TO THIS OATH/
MASKED
AKAIDER,
SLICK, ROUND THE BOYS — | 2 AX DON'T CARE IF AWRIGHT/
BURN THE BLECK'S PLACE. SN, GY КОМОУ HAS FIVE үс -——
WHEN THEY SEE THAT I | г
MEAN BUSINESS...THEY WONT
ACT SO VERY

SLICK AND BRUNDER'S GUNSLINGERS,

SET OUT FOR THE ВОТ BLECK A SMALL
BLECK'S RANCH. > RANCHER SEES THEM FIRST—
DONT YOU
FELLOW'S COME
NO CLOSER J

А BULLET REMOVES BLECK. FROM

THEIR PATH.

IF УОН ASK ME - | BET

WHAT RIGHT PEOPLE ARE GONNA GIT
NEWS
HAVE YOU TO READY AND DO A BIT OF
OF THE
BURNING OF
THE BLECK
RANCH
SPREAD
LIKE
WILD-FIRE. |
 WE BETTER DO SOME- . AND WE MEET YUH BET WELL
THING ABOUT BRUNDER? IN LORDIN'S BARN BE THERE7 IT'S
ILL HEAD SOUTH — YUH АТ EIGHT TIME WE HAD A
THE GIT THE RANCHERS T'MORROW: N MEETIN!?
DESPERATE NORTH OF HERE 7
RANCHERS
AT LAST
DECIDE
TO TRY
AND FIND
A SOLUTION
TO THEIR.
PROBLEM.

LORDIN,
A WISE AND RESPECTED MAN 15 CHOSEN TO YER FREE Т DECIDE FER
SPEAK TO THE WORRIED RANCHERS. YORE SELVES... BUT TUH-
от MORRER ҮМ ASELLIN?
LORDIN'S RIGHT 7
һ ADMIT DEFEAT | SAY
SELL. — WE DON'T WANT

BACK IN TOWN BRUNDER.

HEARS OF THEIR DECISION.

Ной HO? IKNEV

THEY'D SEE
IT THAT WAV.

THIS WAS PINNED TUH

KOWDY'S BACK..
HE'S SHOT UP BAD/
 | | NOW? HOW DO YOU
| | STAND ON THE SUB-
[ЈЕСТ OF CLEANING
UP THIS TOWN
MEANWHILE SHERIFFФ
OVER.
AT THE
SHERIFF'S
OFFICE
AN
UNEXPECTED
CALLER
ARRIVES

| IT WILL MEAN THAT YOU | | I'M WITH YUH STRANGER2

WILL HAVE TO OPENLY РМ THROUGH седуцм'
| OPPOSE НМ... PLL TAKE МОН BLOWS-| KIN GIT 'EM
BRUNDER£ CHANCES П BOTH. тн DOUBLE CROSSIN!
AND PUT SHERIFFZ
ТІН! TEETH
BACK IN

JEST А MINUTE PAL. BUT THE MASKED RAIDER HEARING |

IN ON TH’ FUN 2 THEIR VOICESGOES OUT
JUST AS THE REAR DOOR.
THE WELL YOU FELLOWS
EAVES-DROPPER ARE IN FOR A TREAT Z
DECIDES
TO SHOOT
THE TWO
UNSUSPECTING
MEN,
А CRONY
ARRIVES.

ALL RIGHT SHERIFF PUT THESE SLICK, DO YOU WALK V

TWO AWAY — I'LL START THE TO JAIL OR WILL
ROUND-UP OF THE REST OF 1 HAVE TO DRAG
THE BRUNDER GANG 7 = YOU >

СА
THE LOUD VOICE OF SLICK BRINGS THE REMAINDER OF GIT GOIN'HOSS7
BRUNDER'S GANG TO HIS AID — BUT THE TOWNS- IT'S TOO
MEN RUSH TO THE AID OF THE ‘MASKED RAIDER”. НОТ _р
HERE.

AH 7 SO BRUNDER IS
TRYING то RUN OUT —
NOT IF

COME ON LIGHTNING / THE MASKED RAIDER'S ROPE

LET'S GET HIM ff SNAGS BRUNDER AND —
pA
JERKS HIM FROM HIS HORSE.
 » | e р J |

ILS NYAS |an

ККА COMPLETE ADVENTURE STORY -
М TOM DOY,

I TELL YOU, TIM — WE SHOULDNT HAVE. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD

AT THE FLORIDA LET THE PROFESSOR GO INTO THAT
PLANTATION HOME JUNGLE! THREE MONTHS HAVE. GONE
IS BY AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM
HIM THAT A CERTAIN INDIAN
TRIBE HAS A DIAMOND POSSESSING
HYPNOTIC POWERS 15 NO REASON
FOR HIM TO GO ALONE INTO THE
JUNGLE! WE'VE GOT TO FIND
HIM, TIM— LET'S tg A COOK

ILL SAY, SON!

LOOK —DEEP
IN THE AMAZON
JUNGLE I WELL,

THE FIGURE RUSHES INTO THE

HOME OF JOHN CRAFTON, OWNER
OF THE ADJOINING PLANTATION.
BOSS! THEY'RE.
LEAVING IN THE
MORNIN! ! I
HEARD MASTERS
TELL TH! KID!

LLLLLLLLN
 THE NEXT MORNING KEN AND
TIM ARE READY TO LEAVE. ТАКЕ. А LAST LOOK
AT FLORIDA, TIM,
WE'RE HEADED TOWARD
THE. CARIBBEAN !

KEN!! THERES A PLANE ОН-ОН! SOMETHINGS WRONG!

FOLLOWING US —- SAY!! IT MOTOR'S MISSING!
LOOKS LIKE--IT 15 —— — HOLD TIGHT, ТЇМ-ШЄВЄ
THAT'S CRAFTON'S PLANE|! GOIN’ TO LAND IN THE
NOW T WONDER. WHAT HE'S TREES!
t UP TO!! 4

DON'T BE WHITE MAN STOP!

AFRAID, TIM— Ney МЕ TAKE TO
BUT I THINK À CHIEF! COME!
WE'RE BEING
FOLLOWED!
MEANTIME,CRAF TON AND HIS HERE'S WHAT WE 00- WE.
MEN LAND IN THE JUNGLE AND | |FOLLOW MASTERS AND TH' KID
SET OUT TO FIND KEN AND TIM.| |UNTIL THEY FIND PROFESSOR
ROBERTS — THEN WE WAIT, AND
WHEN THEY GET THE. DIAMOND
WE. LET 'EM HAVE IT AND MAKE.
OUR WAY BACK TO THE. боне.

—SUDDENLY А WHIZZING SOUND] |HE'S DEAD, SLUG!

PIERCES THE AIR АМО—— | |MUSTVE BEEN

mY I CAN SEE ЕМ |
CX. THROUGH THE
BUSHES!

А MOMENT LATER THEY ARE SURROUNDED «НЕ TWO MEN ARE LED
BY SAVAGES! WE'D PETTER DO AS THEY
TO THE. NATIVE
SAY, BOSS I DONT LIKE | | VILLAGE,
THE WAY THEY'RE LOOKIN
AT US!
Ae KEN AND TIM ARE LED ТО THE CHIEFS ша a О, IN THERE~ 77! |
T TAKE THEM TO WEC DO NOT TRY M P
F( THE PRISONER'S NERS 10 or Your TO ESCAPE! |
JÀ HUT—WE WILL UNCLE OUT OF A
| KILL THEM LATER! JAM AND WE GET IN
ONE OURSELVES!

FIND UNCLE

BUT LOOK! X'VE FOUND AN

OPENING IN THIS CORNER-IT
MUST LEAD SOMEWHERE I'LL
WHAT ARE You GO EIS НЕН а COAST
(75 UNCLE TWO DOING

GO AHEAD, TIM! А FEW MINUTES LATER KEN JOINS

YOU'RE. NEXT- THEM AND THE. THREE SET OUT
BUT TAKE.IT IN THE. DARKNESS!
EASV-IT MIGHT HANG CLOSE,
BE А BIG DROP! IM! SEE ANY-

GREAT SCOTT, KEN! WOW! YOU'LL DIAMONDS -MAN -

THAT LIGHT- IT'S SEE, PROF ! DIAMONDS? NOT ONE,
AS HOT AS А GET CLOSER! THOUSANDS!
FURNACE—WHAT
IS IT?
STOP! DON'T TOUCH IF YOU MUST KNOW, MASTERS-
THOSE DIAMONDS! ! H МЕ LANDED AFTER YOU CRACKED
> IT'S UP, AND WERE CAPTURED BY THOSE
SAVAGES— THEY PDT US IN А HUT
—WE. ESCAPED INTO THE JUNGLE
AND FOUND А CAVE! THIS 15
WHERE IT LED ТО-НАН!

BUTT AS SLUG 1 FOR- SLUG!

COM HE'S DEAD! THEY'RE
WARD TO TOUCH TH IN'— -WE'LL BE KILLED—-
| DIAMONDS — JN —I'M GETTING OUT O!---

—AND AS CRAFTON FALLS TO | |KEN- LISTEN— THEY'RE

THE. совр КЕМ DIVES FOR COMIN" bown
THE©

RUN FOR IT, MEN— ILL

HOLD "ЕМ OFF —WEVE
GOT TO FIND CRAFTON'S
PLANE— 85 OUR ONLY
CHANCE
 N ( INTO THE JUNGLE,
ОХ MEN! WELL HAVE

THE COAST үз
IS CLEAR, КЕМ—
WHERE DO WE
GO NOW ??

FUNNY! THAT THERE IT 15!! KEN- START 'ER UP, PROF!

UNCLE JOHN! QUICK I'LL HOLD'EM OFF
eet Wee — X SEE |T-CRAFTONS ENOUGH ROOM
GOT YO FIND IT, PLANE ~ FOLLOW FOR, А TAKEOFF!
PROF. AND MIGHTY я ын

T, қ —=

t
`

YES, TIM BUT SAY! THAT'S

OUR TRIP WAS
A FAILURE Y GREAT WORK,
"THOUSANDS OF PROF! A
DIAMONDS AND
WE DIDN'T
EVEN GET ONE!
BURNING RUBBER
А Short Short Story About
The Auto Race Tracks
> #
ке ‘wig PP?
By Raymond Gill
HE crowd roared . . . with laughter! ВШ
Williams knew what they were laughing
at, his coveted Blue Bird. Compared to
the other cars in the race, the Blue Bird did
look a bit shabby. But one thing was certain,
there weren't any better mechanics or drivers
than Bill and his able mechanic, Fred Turner.
“Everything’s shipshape, Bill. You know, I
feel kind of sorry for those other mugs. I'd
hate to lose a race if I spent a lot of dough on
a two tone chrom plated model."
*Fine. Well, I don't know, I'd give a lot to
dress my Lady Bird here up with a lot of new
feathers. I don't give a hoot what the
crowd thinks myself, but I feel sorry for my
*Laddie's' sake.
"Cut it fella, I think you did pretty well
digging up the entry fee. After all, you spent
plenty for parts for your new super-charger."
"Yep, that's our only hope now. Don't kid
yourself that we have any cinch. We have the
best drivers in the business here today."
"What's the matter with you today Bill,
I've never heard you talk like this before. You
sound as though you've lost faith in our Blue
Bird."
“No, not on your life. That's one thing ГИ
never do. I guess it got under my skin a little
bit . . . those people laughing at her, I mean.”
"That's better. By the way, doesn't Ann ever
complain about your spending so much time
with your 'Lady' here?"
GILMAN
“Yea, she was kidding me the other night.”
“Well, there goes the signal, Bill. Move
over.”
“Oh, ah. . . . Listen old man, let me take
it alone this time. . . . I don't know why I
want to. I... well, humor me this once, will
you? I know I'll feel a lot better if I get out
there alone. . . ."
“Ah, sure... sure, Bill. Anything you say.
Only, be careful."
ILL shot ahead with a roar that surprised
the smiling crowd that had gathered around
to poke fun at the Blue Bird.
He was hardly topped on the line when the
second starting signal was given. There were
eight cars in the race besides the Blue Bird.
The combined noise of dozens of unmuffeled
explosions thundered out into an increasing
crescendo that thrilled some and annoyed
others.
To Bill it was sweet music .. . the powerful
voice of his Lady Bird. Bill was in his glory,
he could feel his whole body grow taught with
a passionate desire to go faster, faster, faster.
The stiffer his body grew, the harder his foot
pressed the accelerator.
He was setting the pace, the other cars di-
rectly behind him, weaving back and forth.
He was at his perfect ease now, he felt that
the Lady Bird was standing still and that the
track was some never ending ribbon that kept
unfolding in front of him. He was in а new
world, а world all his own.
Ann, the girl was literally sitting on the
edge of her seat as she watched the Blue Bird
madly rush on in meaningless velocity. Or so
it seemed to her.
"Hello, Ann. Enjoying the race?”
"Fred! What are you doing up here? Why
aren't you in there with Bill?”
“Whoa, take it easy. He's just a bit moody,
I guess. He vants to be alone.”
“Oh, Fred, I always feel better when you’re
with him. If it’s possible to feel good when
he’s throwing himself bodily into the face ot
fate. You shouldn’t have let him take it out
there alone.”
“Well, it’s too late now to do anything about
that, besides, there’s something you can do
to help Bill. That’s why I came up here.”
“Yes, Fred. You know ГИ do anything for
that grease monkey.”
“That’s the idea, calm down. I don’t know
what it is that’s got everybody keyed up today.
We've all gone through these races before to-
gether.”
“Yes, we have, Fred. But somehow I feel
that today it’s all got to end. One way or the
other.”
“Ann, you know that we've spent а lot of
time working on the Blue Bird these last few
months, We always work hard on her before
a race, but this time we’ve done something
more than that. We've perfected a new gas
feeder. I know Bill wouldn’t want me to tell
you, but I feel that you have a right to know.
Bill is in there right now, risking his life to test
it. This test is the final step. If it works, Bill
will retire from the track. He told me so. If
it fails . . . well...”
"Fred! Tel] me. What if it doesn't work,
what will happen? What can a gas feeder do
that will possibly crack him up?"
"Just this. That new feeder is mounted over
the engine, it feeds with a combined force of
gravity and „pressure. If anything should go
wrong, if it should spring the smallest leak
• . + that hot motor will blow both him and
the Blue Bird to kingdom come."
"Tell me, quickly Fred. What can I do that
will help?"
"Well, you and Ruth Clerk, the daughter of
the big motor magnet, C. G. Clark, are on
pretty good terms, aren't you?"
"Why, yes. Ruth and I went to school to-
gether. Why?"
"Here's why. If you can get Ruth to get
you in to see her father, now, before it's too
late, we may be able to save the day... and
Bill's neck.” .
“What am I supposed to do after I get in?”
“Here, show him these plans. It’s the gas
feeder. If you can sell him on the idea of
manufacturing it, Bill could be flagged out of
the race before that temporary mounting
should blow.”
“It’s a deal. Give me those plans. You just
watch . . . he won't make more than one
more circle of the track . . . I'll see to that.”
BILL. still madly kicking the gas pedal, was
now unconsciously wiping oil off his face
++. Suddenly he jerked himself back into stark
reality. The oil he’s wiping off is thin... . Тоо
thin. . . . GASOLENE!
On the stands, Fred saw the thin shred of
smoke trailing the Blue Bird. Terror gripping
his heart, he called to Ann to hurry. . . . In
another moment. . . .
But Ann hadn't wasted any time. Fred's
nervous, scanning eyes finally located her,
down talking to the starter.
He also saw the Blue Bird, never slowing,
round the turn and come rocketing up the
straightway in front of the stands. Just as he
crossed the line the checkered flag waved
him out of the race. The other cars shot right
past him for the final lap. Bill leaped out of
the Blue Bird and took the situation in at a
glance. Of course, just like а woman. Ann
became nervous . . . couldn't stand a little
smoke ... so she had him flagged out. She
didn't care if she was throwing all of his hard
work out of the window.
"Well, Ann, you did a beautiful job. I
couldn't have done better myself. And you
claim you care for me. Why, all you care about
is yourself. 2...”
"See here, see here. This young lady just
saved your life. A most ungrateful exhibition,
young man. А most ungrateful exhibition."
“Why, Mr. Clark. Г... Oh, whats’ the
use . . . she's probably queered that too. At
least if she let me finish the race I'd be in that
much. Oh, well."
"Young man, this young lady just explained
the fine points of your new gas feeder to me.
I'd like to have you drop in to my office this
afternoon, if you will, and we can come to
terms."
"What? Why didn't you tell me this before?
Wheeeeee? Oh, Ann, forgive те. . .. To the
devil with the race."
"Oh, ah, pardon me. But do remember me?
I'm Fred, your mechanic?"
"Fred. You old sonofagun. Isn't it won-
derful?"
"It certinly is. The darn thing works! You
did manage to gain a whole lap on those birds!
They all had to go around an extra lap to
compete for second place!"
 >

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| 4 %Bon
У |ТРАЈАН | ФЕ. J Thomon
заби PonSor

CONSTANCE/! HOLD
DAVID .....I'M GOING
TRANSVAAL, IS FLYING FROM TO LAND!
JOHANNESBURG TO CAIRO WITH HIS ” == 2 >
WIFE AND THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD GB:
SON DAVID. OVER THE HEART OF THE
BELGIAN CONGO THE PLANE DEVELOPS
MOTOR TROUBLE AND RAND IS FORCED
TO COME DOWN IN THE THICK, WILD
TROPICAL FOREST !!
CONSTANCE!
DAVID!
£ DP
M p
DE
Q Wr vi -
"p^ Y

H N R A N D
EJ JO
THE PLANE DIVES 3 w) | |
p£ >
STAGOFGERSTHE
4BE-P]3 OUT
INTO THE DENSE | h Н;
È ` У ú «т. WRECK //
CONGO JUNGLE/
TENDERLY, HE LIFTS
HIS WIFE OUT OF à = MY LEG....
THE BROKEN PLANE 1 4 I THINK IT 5;
BROKEN?!

WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS RECOVER-

KIT IN THE > ING, YOUNG DAVID QUICKLY MADE
PLANE....IlL Г ЗЕЛ FRIENDS WITH THE Бин ше ;
FIX YOU UP B ; ]
IN AJIFFY!

= DALY, ZAR, LORD OF

THE JUNGLE, WATCHES THE
STRANGE Мо“ LEGGED
U

N WATCH THE BOY AS HE PLAYS

NEAR THE EDGE OF
THE SMALL CLEARING.

Ў FROM DAVIDS MOTHER

BRINGS JOHN RAND
WITH A RIFLE ....

© ONE QUICKSHOT STOPS

ARD DASHES INTO THE
у JUNGLE WITHOUT,
^£ HARMING DAVID.
 STRANGE...HE DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE AFRAID OF
ANY BEAST//

LATER, THE FATHER'S AUTOMATIC SAVES DAVID FROM

AN EMERALD GREEN SNAKE/EVEN THEN, THE BOY
MOURNS THE PASSING OF A FELLOW DENIZEN
OF THE WILD/
A

JOHN RAND'S ANNOUNCE—

MENT THAT SEARCHING PLANES
WOULD SOON FIND THEM DID NOT CHEER
- DAVID, UNHAPPY WITH THE THOUGHT OF
"HAVING TO LEAVE HIS NEW. JUNGLE COMPANIONS.

WI SIGN OF RESCUE, DURING

WHICH TIME RAND BUILT A
SAFE AND COMFORTABLE DWELLING
FOR HIS FAMILY OUT OF PARTSOF
THE WRECKED PLANE.
CONSTANCE RECOVERED RAPIDLY
AND DAVID'S SKIN BRONZED UNTIL
IN THE REMNANTS OF HIS TORN
CLOTHING HE RESEMBLED A
STURDY YOUNG SAVAGE/ EASY REACH AND THE PARENTS WERE
BECOMING RECONCILED TO THE
STRANGE ENVIRONMENT, WHEN--

RAND SPLASHES OUT

INTO THE LAKE, AWAY
EDR ^ y FROM THE TOWERING
IN THE CLEARING, SMOKE ` TREES, AND WAVES
ROLIS HIGH AS THE DRONE А TARPAULIN.
OF THE PLANE GROWS LOUDER, 4
 POOH! THIS 15 А ВИЗУ
HIGHWAY... THERE'LL BE
ANOTHER ALONG SOON!
| NOT A SIGN
OF RAND OR
HIS РЕАМЕ.....
NO CHANCE OF
FINDING THEM IN
THIS JUNGLE/

(QUE, THE PLANE

NM "САМЕ AGAIN THE
NEXT DAY... AND ONE
THE DAY AFTER. BUT
PG EACH TIME IT WAS
= : RTHER FROM THEIR
TUR NIN G, THE
PILOT CIRCLE
LONELY CAMP. UNTIL
TO THE NORTH | FINALLY, THEY CAME
“|i WITHOUT SEEINGу | КО MORE | \
IN THE HUT CONSUMED 34
TUE SVO BY Å RAGING FENER? ~
DAVID KNEW WHERE THE
ЖЫ WIFE'S LAST | |метет FLOMERS GREN FOR
WISH HAD BEEN HIS и
THAT THE BOY MUST &73 |
LIVE. THAT THOUGHT, AE
THAT CONVICTION, BROUGHT
RAND BACK TO HIS SENSES:
IMMEDIATELY НЕ BEGAN
MAKING PLANS TO TREK
BACK TO CIVILIZATION.

SOON SHE DIED FROM THE

RAVAGES OF THE TROPICAL
FEVER. РАМО WAS HEART- IT'S ABOUT 200
BROKEN... MORBIDLY HE MILES TO THE
TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF NEAREST WHITE
ENDING IT ALL E OUTPOST/
HELD NO MEANING FOR HIM.

THE HEAVY RAINS STOPPED

AND RAND STUDIES THE MAP \
HE CARRIED IN THE PG) )
AIRPLANE.
 17 SIZZLING
BOLT OF
LIGHTNING
SENDS A
MAMMOTH TREE
CRASHING
DOWN ON
THEIR
HEADS/
ASIDE AS THE FALLING |
BAOBAB SENDS HIM SPINNING;

DO WE STILL
HAVE TO START
HOME SOON?

Аа
AS GIANT ВАОВАВ TREES PLUNGED AND
FELL, RAND SWEPT YOUNG DAVID INTO HIS
ARMS AND RAN FOR THE SHELTER OF Å CAVE.

PROUN RAND NEVER

MP RECOVERED MENTALLY
FROM THE BLOW THAT THE
FALLING TREE STRUCK HIM,
/ HOME, SON... THOUGH RATIONAL IN EVERY
HERE IN THIS OTHER RESPECT, HE LABOR-
CLEARING WHERE ED UNDER THE DELUSION
YOUR y ын THAT THE JUNGLE WAS
HIS HOME/

TOGETHER HE AND
DAVID SURVIVED...
AND THRIVED. orl
HIS BEARD BECAME (41
А LUXURIANT
GROWTH THAT

SOME LATENT IMPULSE

97 HAD MADE JOHN RAND TEACH HIS SON
Ju
 24
MLAS DAVID GREW OLDER HE LIKED ЛА ВЕНЕ KNEW NOW WHY HIS FATHER HAD
FIRED АТ МУАбА AND WHY HE
TO ROAM THE FOREST. HE COULD
SWM LIKE NYASSA THE FISH, KILLED THE GREEN SNAKE. HIS WAS
AND CLIMB TREES WITH ALL THE № сох OF THE JUNGLE... KILL ONLY
ØY AGILITY OF NONO, THE МОМ. чин NECESSARY.
THE UUNGLE LAD MET QUOG,
THE WILD PIG, AND STAYED THAT
BEAST'S STARTLED FLIGHT WITH
A FRIENDLY CALL.

ИДА 2 ЗЛО) 9 WHILE SWIMMING IN THE LAKE, HE

THE ANIMALS WITH STRANGE УНИ АХ | WAS IN TURN STARTLED BY A GREAT
GUTTURAL SOUNDS AND FROM FØRE TL VAR | BEAST THAT ROSE FROM THE SHALLOWS
THAT DAY HE LIVED A HAPPIER LIFE. W. АХ ЦТ 59 ++-WAL-LAH, THE HIPPOTAMUS.

AND LONGED TO RIDE ON

| WTHAT GREAT GRAY BACK!

Å FLOATING SPECK W . MU
THE SKY BROUGHT HIS |
SÅ
EYES UPWARD. HE VG
THOUGH HE | WATCHED KRU, THE 1);
DID NOT KNOW IT, DAVID HAD BUZZARD, DROP TOWARDS 7
ANOTHER COMPANION. ... ZAR KEPT РАСЕ VASS THE EARTH. |
WITH НМ AS HE RACED THROUGH THE JUNGLES ||,
 FOR, THE WISE MONARCH OF THE
JUNGLE HAD ERRED/ HE HAD
MADE A FATAL MISSTEP AND 5

NGA THE STILLNESS WAS

QUICKLY, DAVID RAN TO WHERE BLOOD-CURDLING ROAR THAT OF
...
KRU PERCHED IN ATREE-TOP. | |ZAR...AND WITH ANOTE OF FEAR!

DAVID COULD SEE THE HOPELESS DESPERATELY HE SEIZED

LIGHT IN THE LION'S AMBER EYES FALLEN BRANCHES AND THRUST
AND COULD NOT RESIST THE THEM TOWARD ZAR.
FORLORN APPEAL. " №

ZAR WAS UP TO HIS HAUNCHES

NOW AND COULD NOT HOPE TO
САМ SOLID GROUND.
sta 99

FOR A FEW MINUTES ZAR В

LAY PANTING IN THE TALL ||
GRASS WHILE SHA, HS Ё
MATE, NUZZLED CLOSE. [2
ZAR SURVEYED THE МАМ |
CUB AND THERE A STRANGE M
PACT OF TRUCE WAS MADE.

< 7

INCH BY INCH ZAR DREW HIS

TIRING BODY ACROSS THE
TANGLE OF BOUGHS UNTIL.....
 NONSENSE! WE
PUT OUR FIRE OUT
BEFORE LEAVING
А WEEK/AFTER THE -“
RESCUE OF ZAR, DAVID AND
HIS FATHER WERE EXPLORING
THE FOREST, WHEN.....
FROM THEIR ACTIONS, DAVID
KNEW THEY WERE ARGUING
AND THAT HIS FATHER WAS
COMMANDING THEM TO LEAVE J 4
== =
-
АҮ
2
TWO OTHER BLACKS SCOOPED
GRAVEL FROM Å STREAM ....
WATCHED BY Å FAT WHITE МАМ.
HE ALSO SAW НК FATHER
TURN SLOWLY ON HIS HEEL
AND START BACK TOWARDS
THE BRUSH.
SWIFTLY THEY TRAVELLED 7
THROUGH THE TREES IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE
STRANGE SMOKE.
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DROPPING TO THE GROUND,
RAND STEPPED INTO THE
CLEARING AND WALKED
STRAIGHT TO THE GROUP.
AT THAT MOMENT, PAUL
DE KRAFT, WITH A HEART
AS GREASY AS THE ROLLS
OF FAT THAT COVERED HIS
BODY, RAISED HIS GUN AND
POINTED IT AT RAND'S ВАСК/
 was AWARE
OF A SUDDEN
HUMMING
BESIDE HIS

Quickly, DAVID
FITTED AN ARROW
TO HIS BOW.

THIS JUNGLE IS SACRED TO

YOUR MOTHER.... REMEMBER
WAVID AND HIT FATHER | THAT,ды NO ‘ONE MUST BE
SILENTLY FADED INTO
THE JUNGLE 2
IF DAVID COULD HAVE
SEEN THE DEVILS OF
HATE LEERING OUT OF
DE KQAFT'S EYES, HE
WOULD HAVE PLACED
ANOTHER ARROW IN
THE MAN'S THROATS

AND SOME HALF-CRAZED

REVOLVER DROPPED SE
TO THE GROUND/ @
EMERALDS // tuats
WHAT I'VE STUMBLED
ON IN THIS GOD-FORSAKEN
STREAM/
HERMIT THINKS HE CAN ORDER
ME FROM HERE/ MUBANGI...
60 FIND HIS CAMP AND SEE
IF THERE ARE OTHERS /

I SAW, INKOSI,
THE MAN АКО F GOOD! THAT АТ DAWN DAVID
WILL MAKE IT WATCHED THE OTHER
CAMP FROM A HIGH
ROCK. IT APPEARED | 5
DESERTED. HAD THEY [PEN
OBEYED HIS FATHER [Z
AND FLED IN THE
№ |
Å STACATTO CRACK PIERCES
THE STILLNESS...... DAVID
FASCINATED, THE BOY REMEMBERS FAINTLY THE
STUDIES HIS REFLECTION TIME HIS FATHER HAD FIRED
ІМ А MIRROR / AT N'JAGA AND SENSES
DANGER //
 RAND, SHOT AND OAINFULLY WOUNDED,
CRAWLED ALONG THE GROUND

DAVID ГАЙС
TO SEE A
NATIVE SNEAK
AROUND THE
ч Ns | | BURNING
FATHER AWAY —— —— SHELTER!
FROM THE / 2
FIRE.

А SHARP SPEAR PRICKED, BEFORE HE

THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK/ ! COULD ACT,

FAT-FACE HAS WOUNDED MY ) Ж 2 ,

4... LN ^ aa АЗЫ. Жы ЫШ
Я | ANY WITNESSES TO
THIS PART..Y..AND
I'M GOING
TO KILL
WOW сън
SEE?
| DE KRAFT LAUGHED AT DAVIDS THREAT.
DEAD MEN
TELL NO
TALES/

THAT LION WILL LOOK, ZAR HAS KILLED TWO

FINISH THE JOB OF THEM AND
FOR МЕ //

TOO LATE,
SON..IM
DYING !

AND SO, THE. STRANGE PAIR

STRODE OFF THROUGH ;
THE JUNGLE, SIDE BY :
SIDE, ТО ВЕОМА МЕМ — ^
L НЕSON ОЕ ЈА