Black Cat Comics #50
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The King Is Dead," Walter Thorne’s desperate gamble to save his wife takes a chilling turn when he steals uranium from the power plant where he works, only to learn too late that the very substance he stole was the key to her survival. Joe Certa’s art, inked by John Belfi, brings a tense, noir-inspired urgency to this 1954 Harvey Comics thriller. The cover, a striking double-draw by Lee Elias, captures the story’s grim weight with haunting precision.
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Walter Thorne needs money to help pay for his dying wife's operation and steals some uranium from the Nuclear Power Plant that he works at for some shady characters. After receiving payment of $10,000, he plans to pay for his wife's operation but she can't be saved because the doctor needed that special uranium to perform the operation!
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