Clue Comics #2 [2]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Leader Against Crime!", Detective Blair stumbles upon a mystery in a junkyard that leads him through a trail of shadows and a hidden factory where ragdolls conceal more than stuffing—steel bars meant for wartime use. With art by Tony DiPreta and a striking cover by Fred Kida, this 1943 Clue Comics standout blends pulp intrigue with wartime stakes, as Blair transforms into the vigilante Zippo to expose a dangerous secret.
In "The Upside-Down Town," Bob and Terry arrive in Sunnytown hoping to secure some matches, only to be interrupted by a frantic professor warning the editor that gravity is vanishing. As the town descends into chaos with residents walking on their hands and inverted, Nightmare and Sleepy uncover a sinister plot—two conspirators, the professor and a cook, using the strange phenomenon to force the townspeople out and seize their property.
In "A Racket in Dolls," Detective Blair stumbles upon a mystery while passing a junkyard—his investigation leads him through a trail of suspicious men, a vanishing truck, and a doll factory hiding more than just stuffed cloth. When he’s knocked out and jailed, he emerges as Zippo, uncovering a shocking secret: the factory’s ragdolls are stuffed with steel bars, fueling a dangerous black market. The story’s blend of wartime intrigue and clever sleuthing keeps the stakes high, all while the true motives behind the doll trade remain shrouded in secrecy.
In the 1943 pages of *Clue Comics #2*, Terry and Snoopy—on a brief furlough from the Marines—stumble upon a suspicious moving van outside a closed museum, where a string of thefts has left the town on edge. When a mysterious figure known as the Porcupine makes his move, the duo finds themselves in the middle of a deadly game, with a stuffed porcupine hiding more than just fluff.
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Reprinted in Super Weird Heroes #[nn] (2016), Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series #[nn] (2022), Gwandanaland Comics #1408
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