Danger #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Intrigue" depicts a tense espionage confrontation between Soviet spies in a London fog and U.S. secret agent Duke Douglas. The story involves a covert operation where Soviet agents attempt to obtain secret documents from the Kremlin's ivory tower, with the action climaxing as one operative arrives via boat at the Dover Cliffs. A witness, Virgil Stagg, unexpectedly encounters the operation and becomes entangled in the dangerous situation, forcing him to contact an ocean-going ship before police roadblocks are set up. The narrative culminates with the protagonist narrowly escaping by sea while pursued operatives threaten to "head for sea" in pursuit.
An American agent tasked with securing Arabian oil rights for the U.S. government finds his chance when he saves Sheik Haroun-El-Khali from a pickpocket—only to be swept into a desert caravan where betrayal, kidnapping, and ruthless rivals threaten everything. With the beautiful Neja taken hostage and enemies closing in, Douglas must navigate treacherous sands and conflicting agendas to survive the scheme unfolding around him.
A spy posing as a Soviet refugee named Kurt Brann infiltrates a London boarding house and a defense plant, tasked with stealing nuclear formulas—but he's secretly sabotaging them for the Allied cause. When his cover is blown and the safe house goes up in flames, Brann finds himself in an impossible bind: rescued by Tommy Holmes, a soldier who's just learned his true identity and is determined to take him into custody. As the fire closes in, Brann must choose between escape and the one thing that could destroy everything he's worked for.
Virgil Stagg, a U.S. government operative recovering from his last assignment, is ordered to transport the captured spy Julius Russ by train—a task that turns deadly when conspirators ambush the compartment and throw Stagg overboard, believing they've eliminated him. Stagg survives and orchestrates a daring rescue operation involving a glider, a seaplane, and a direct assault on a freighter, ultimately recapturing Russ and bringing him back to New York, where a reunion with his identical twin brother reveals the secret weapon behind his impossible escape.
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↩ Reprints Dynamite #2 (1953)
Reprinted in Duke Douglas: Secret Agents, Spies, Espionage, Intrigue #[nn] (2015)
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