Manhunt #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Horror in the Hearse," a chilling tale from 1947, a lone figure rides through the fog-laden night, pursued by a dread that walks beside the hearse. Written by Vin Sullivan and Ray Krank, with art by Joe Shuster—best known for co-creating Superman—this issue delivers a classic pulp mystery with a supernatural edge. The cover, by Ogden Whitney, captures the story’s eerie mood in stark, expressive lines.
A mysterious black hearse prowls London's foggy streets in search of its next victim—but Inspector Ronald Kirk of Scotland Yard discovers the grim carriage conceals a far darker revenge than mere grave-robbing. When a young woman named Gaye Kaily stumbles into Kirk's investigation after a harrowing encounter with the hearse's skeletal operator, the Inspector must unravel the twisted history of a family feud and a man transformed by unspeakable cruelty. Kirk devises a dangerous trap, but the hunt through London's shadowed alleyways will test whether justice can outrun vengeance.
When a wealthy retired banker named Homer Lawson is lured into a kidnapping trap by criminals posing as a gardener, FBI Special Agent Jim Fallon takes the case. As Lawson's distraught wife Mrs. Lawson contacts the bureau with a ransom demand, a shocking discovery emerges—the ringleader, Geek Thomas, seems to know intimate details about their son who died in a fire fifteen years earlier, and possesses a peculiar right hand with no pain sensation, just like the boy did. Fallon orchestrates a careful plan to rescue Lawson while uncovering the truth behind Thomas's mysterious connection to the family's tragic past.
Shaggy, a sled dog born in an Eskimo village, is rescued from brutal treatment by a Mountie and grows up to become a lead-dog—only to find himself on the trail of Umshluk, the man who once tormented him, now a criminal preying on his own people across the frozen north. When Sergeant Jeff and Shaggy pursue the fugitive to a remote cabin, the loyal dog must prove his mettle in a desperate struggle that will test far more than his strength.
In "Jeopardy in Jade!", Undercover Girl races against time to recover Ming Lee's ring—a tiny, deadly key to a device capable of triggering atomic detonations across a hundred miles—before it falls into the wrong hands. The stakes are high, the danger is real, and every shadow could hide a traitor.
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Reprinted in Manhunt #[nn] (1950), Undercover Girl #5 [A-1 #62] (1952), Fem Fantastique #2 (1975), Thrilling Science Tales #1 (1989), Men of Mystery Comics #19 Special Edition (2000), Jet Black and Jak Tal: The Complete Space Ace #[nn] (2014), A-1 Comics: A Retrospective #142 (2015), Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg #[nn] (2015)
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