Doll Man #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeDoll Man faces off against the Minstrel, a musical villain who uses trick banjo attacks to menace the city, forcing the pint-sized hero to employ various combat tactics to counter his foe's unpredictable musical weapons. The story involves a separate subplot where the Fool Killer, a dangerous criminal, kidnaps a scientist named Dr. Roberts and his daughter, holding them hostage while threatening to detonate a booby-trapped telephone to prevent police interference. Doll Man must ultimately contend with both threats while navigating schemes of deception and violence perpetrated by his adversaries.
Perky ventures into a prehistoric world where he attempts to introduce modern civilization—starting with coal, clay bricks, and eventually automobiles—to the warring inhabitants. When the newfound technology spirals into dangerous chaos, Perky realizes that progress isn't always what a society needs, and he finds himself on the run from the very people he tried to help. A clever cautionary tale about the unintended consequences of progress, with plenty of slapstick as Perky learns that sometimes the old ways are best.
When Darrel Dane and his fiancée Martha Roberts encounter a bitter stranger at a nightclub, their casual kindness awakens something dangerous—a self-styled vigilante called the Fool Killer, who believes the world would be better served by eliminating those he deems foolish. As the killer sets his sights on Martha and her father Dr. Roberts, Darrel must transform into the Doll Man to stop a murderer whose twisted logic knows no mercy. This is a battle of wits and will as the mighty mite races to save the people he loves from a madman's deadly judgment.
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Reprinted in Doll Man #23 (1949), 5 Star Comics #5 (1950), Doll Man #15 (1964), Bill Ward's Torchy #5 (1992), Men of Mystery Comics #92 (2014), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #19 (2019)
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