Amazing Man Comics #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAmazing Man Comics #23 is an anthology featuring at least two stories. The lead story shows Amazing Man and a young companion battling enemy aircraft and saboteurs near the Capitol building, with Amazing Man demonstrating his superhuman strength to protect the nation. A second story titled "Claws of a Catspaw" by Robert Turner follows young Joey Bannon, who is arrested by detectives Drake and Carter on suspicion of involvement in a series of grocery store robberies in his neighborhood, though Joey insists on his innocence and claims he has reformed since leaving the farm.
In "The Purple Fire," the Great Question unleashes deadly purple flames to eliminate key American defense leaders, aiding Nazi forces. When Nika empowers Amazing-Man to counter the threat, the surge of energy inadvertently grants Tommy superhuman abilities—ushering in a desperate race to protect Admiral Mark, the President, and the House of Representatives from a cascade of assassinations.
In "The Sewer Rat," the Marksman races to stop a mysterious saboteur slipping through the city’s underbelly, each thwarted attack marked by a tiny dart left behind like a cryptic signature. When the trail leads to a shocking reveal, the Sewer Rat is unmasked as Major Strabo of the Air Force—his motives and next move still buried in the dark.
Phil and Bill, two repair workers hired to fix up Mr. Clambake's restaurant, can't seem to agree on anything—from which task to tackle first to what to eat for lunch. As the pair bicker and toss coins to settle every disagreement, Mr. Clambake's patient fatherly reproof finally shames them into civility, at least for the moment. It's a lighthearted romp that proves some lessons stick around just long enough to matter.
In "The Steamboat That Couldn't Be Sunk," Mighty Man races to protect the Bessie from a sabotage plot orchestrated by a German cousin posing as the captain’s brother. With the river under threat and loyalty in question, the hero must uncover the deception before the steamboat is destroyed.
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Reprinted in Amazing Mystery Funnies #[nn] (1942)
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