All-Star Comics #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn the 1944 classic "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate [Introduction]" from All-Star Comics #23, Dr. Mid-Nite races to Carse City after a wave of fear sweeps through its residents—only to learn the entire town has been taken hostage. Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Stan Asch, this gripping tale sees Mid-Nite confront a psychological threat, battling not just villains, but the very fear they weaponize. The cover, by Joe Gallagher, captures the tension of a city under siege, setting the stage for a mystery where perception and courage collide.
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The emotion of fear sends Dr. Mid-Nite to Carse City, a wealthy suburb where he runs into a few residents who are crying with fear, and they tell him that the entire city has been kidnapped! Visiting local officials, Mid-Nite is told that the Psycho-Pirate's men are going to drop living disease germs on the city. The Man of Night heads out to the address from where the ransom note was issued, dispatches a sharpshooter, and is ready to enter the premises when a sudden fear comes over him. But he overcomes that and wraps up the thugs inside, learning that the germ threat was only a hoax.
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