Detective Comics #273
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Secret of the Dragon Society," a fugitive’s bizarre method of evading capture takes a chilling turn when the F.B.I. uncovers a surgical trick: fingerprints erased by grafting flesh to the chest and reattaching it. The case leads to a deeper mystery tied to a secretive society, all while the investigation hinges on a subtle clue—prints from the sides of the fingers. Morris Waldinger’s stark interior art brings tension to every panel, while Sheldon Moldoff’s cover captures the eerie intrigue of the case, all in a 10-cent comic from 1959.
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A criminal is arrested in Austin, Texas, who had no fingerprints. The F.B.I. was called into the case, and they discovered that Peters had had a New Jersey doctor cut the flesh off his fingers to the bone, then grafted them temporarily to his chest. When the flesh united, the fingers were separated from the man's chest, leaving no prints. However, the F.B.I. was able to positively identify Peters, using the prints from the sides of his fingers!
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