Marvel Mystery Comics #39
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Smugglers of Death," the Torch is tasked with protecting Dr. Horton’s niece arriving from Sweden—only to find her under attack by gunmen, leading to a tense mystery. The real danger lies not in the decoy, but in the hidden list of American spies, smuggled out of Berlin inside a large pearl. Penciled and inked by Harry Sahle, with a striking cover by Alex Schomburg, this 1943 issue blends wartime intrigue and espionage in a taut, early Marvel tale.
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Dr. Horton asks the Torch to guard his niece arriving from Sweden, but he appears to have failed in his task when gunmen open up on her. It turns out that she was a decoy for Horton's niece who has smuggled out of Berlin a list of spies operating in America inside of a large pearl.
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