Amazing Mystery Funnies #2
In "The Sacred White Elephant," hard-boiled private detective Speed Rush is pulled into a high-stakes mystery when he's hired by Fenton to cut the legendary Dewar Diamond, a gem worth half a million dollars. When international thief Rocks McCool hijacks the operation at gunpoint and traps Rush and Fenton aboard a ship with a deadly plan, the detective must think fast to survive. Written by Phil Richards and illustrated by Milt Wilcox, with a striking cover by Bill Everett, this 1938 adventure blends suspense and daring escapes in a tale that's as sharp as it is thrilling.
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Speed Rush, "hard-boiled Ace of the private detectives", is called in by Fenton, who is charged by the Rajah of Dewar to cut the famous Dewar Diamond, worth half a million dollars. International diamond thief Rocks McCool steals the gem at gunpoint, and takes Rush and Fenton aboard a ship, intending to encase them in cement and drop them overboard. But Rush disarms one of the crooks and holds the others at gunpoint until the arrival of the Coast Guard.
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