Marvel Mystery Comics #76
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Queen of Crime," Torch faces off against a cunning criminal mastermind who kidnaps his partner, Toro, to force him into a dangerous heist. With quick thinking and a well-timed signal, Torch and Toro turn the tables on their captor, escaping a deadly trap and turning the tide in a high-stakes showdown. Written by Joe Millard and illustrated by Allen Bellman, with inks by Ken Bald, this 1946 adventure features a gripping cat-and-mouse game that culminates in a dramatic confrontation, all capped by Alex Schomburg’s striking cover.
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The Queen of Crime kidnaps Toro in an attempt to get Torch to do her bidding. Torch shows up to her house and pretends to go along with her plan in order to free Toro, but she demands he rob an armored car by himself, so he signals Toro to flame on. They both get placed in an asbestos-lined moving walls deathtrap, but they pull out the ceiling grate and escape through it. Torch and Toro wreck the Queen's car as she is attempting to intercept the armored car and put her in the hospital.
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