Headline Comics#8 (20)

Headline Comics #8 (20)

Jul 1946 · Prize · 0.10 USD

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"Swamp-Rat Killer" in Headline Comics #8 (1946) delivers a tense wartime thriller as Atomic Man races to protect a hospital’s power plant—critical to saving Dr. Mendez—after a group of Fascists in a South American town wound the doctor, suspecting him of betraying them to the Americans. Gil Kane’s dynamic artwork, inked with precision by Bernie Krigstein, brings the high-stakes action to life in this early post-war tale.

Contains 5 stories

Swamp-Rat Killer

10 pp

Junior Rangers

The Affair of the Bogus Bills

8 pp

Carrot Topp

The Great Plane Robbery

8 pp · Adventure, Aviation

Buck Saunders

Untitled Crime story

8 pp · Crime, Teen

Rudy Rawls [Copy Boy] (last appearance)

Untitled Superhero story

8 pp · Superhero

Atomic Man [Adam Mann]Dr. MendezDr. FletcherGroup of Fascists [Ramonothers un-named] (villains)

In a tense South American town, Atomic Man races to protect a power plant vital to a hospital where Dr. Mendez lies critically injured after being targeted by a group of Fascists who suspect him of betrayal. With the hospital’s life-support systems at risk, the hero must defend the facility from a coordinated attack before the lights go out.