Marvel Mystery Comics #79
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Mother Goose Robberies," a masked criminal inspired by nursery rhymes outwits the authorities with clever riddles and theatrical flair, leaving a trail of rhyming clues. When the Torch and Toro arrive to stop one of the heists, they're captured and trapped in a deadly trap of electric beams—only to be freed by the very cats Mother Goose once summoned. The story, illustrated with sharp, expressive art by Allen Bellman, features a playful yet tense cat-and-mouse game between the hero and a villain with a whimsical, dangerous edge. The cover, by Charles Nicholas, captures the eerie charm of the Mother Goose motif with bold, stylized lines.
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A thief using a Mother Goose motif leaves nursery rhyme clues to the police before committing crimes. The man's henchman, King Cole, attempts to talk him out of it. Mother Goose tells King Cole he enjoys the battle of wits with the Torch. When Torch and Toro arrive at the scene of one of Mother Goose's crimes they get captured and placed in asbestos suits, hoisted up by their wrists in a room criss-crossed by electric eyebeams wired to explosives. Torch whistles to get Mother Goose's cats to enter the room and the ensuing explosion frees Torch and Toro, who apprehend Mother Goose and his gang.
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