Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1
"The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses" kicks off Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 with a gripping mystery from 2008, spotlighting cub reporter Jones as he uncovers a conspiracy tied to a wave of brutal attacks on east side families. Written by Robert O. Erisman and illustrated by Sam Cooper, the story unfolds with sharp intrigue as Jones, as the Phantom Reporter, exposes a plot involving the Park Commissioner, Police Chief, and a newspaper publisher all manipulating the crime spree for profit. The cover by Alex Schomburg captures the era’s dramatic flair, perfectly framing this classic Golden Age tale.
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Cub reporter Jones is assigned a case in which seven families on the east side of town have been wantonly beaten, resulting in three deaths. He soon discovers, as the Phantom Reporter, that the Park Commissioner, Police Chief and the publisher of several newspapers were behind it all... each having vested interest in the property on the east side, and hoping that the crime wave would get people to vacate their property so they could pick it up cheaply!
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