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Mystery Tales#8
Cover: Bill Everett

Mystery Tales #8

Feb 1953 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
“The Madman!”
artist, inker Bill Benulis · inker Jack Abel · cover Bill Everett

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artist, inker Bill Benulis
inker Jack Abel
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett

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Chick Black is a midget who looks like a wooden dummy. His modus operandi is to let people find him and take him in, whereupon he robs them, using his unique appearance and size to elude capture. On his latest heist, Chick shoots and kills a guard. Escaping to a train, Chick is found amongst the luggage by two boys who argue over ownership of the dummy. The mother suggests that whoever guesses what the toy is made of, wood or sawdust, gets to keep it. Using a hacksaw, the mother prepares to use it as Chick starts to sweat. The last panel asks, "What would you do if you were in Chick's place?"

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).