Comic Cavalcade #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Captives of Saturnette!", a desperate geology expert, dismissed by his peers, makes a startling plea: to free a notorious master criminal to help prevent an impending second ice age. When the Fastest Man Alive arrives on the scene, he's stunned to realize the criminal in question is none other than the Thinker—whose mind may be the only one capable of stopping the planet's descent into frozen chaos. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated by E. E. Hibbard, with a cover by Martin Naydel, this 1947 adventure blends scientific dread with the unexpected alliance of hero and villain.
In "The Captives of Saturnette!" from Comic Cavalcade #22 (1947), the leader of Saturn's female guard unleashes an infrared device that creates convincing duplicates of Wonder Woman and her mother, Hippolyta. With the Amazons thrown into chaos, the imposters claim Hippolyta has ordered an assault on Man's World, setting the stage for a dangerous deception that tests loyalty and truth.
In a quiet moment on a lonely road, Johnny tracks down a chilling clue from a mysterious 10-year-old boy about the murder of former football star Philip Murzon. When the truth emerges, a haunting photograph reveals a startling connection between the boy and the victim—linking past and present in a way that leaves Johnny questioning everything he thought he knew.
In a 1947 tale from *Comic Cavalcade* #22, a desperate geology expert warns of an impending ice age, only to be dismissed by the scientific world—until he makes a shocking plea to free a notorious criminal. The Fastest Man Alive is stunned when he learns the man the professor wants released is none other than the Thinker.
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Reprinted in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2019)
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