National Comics #71
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Death Carries an Umbrella!", a cunning thief uses the strange quirks of early color TV experiments to pull off a bold art heist, only to be undone by a painter’s sharp eye for hue. Penciled and inked by Pete Riss, this 1949 thriller from Quality Comics blends pulp intrigue with the era’s technological oddities, all framed by Gill Fox’s striking cover.
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An artful thief engineers a shrewd plot for profit after stealing the painting of an artist who was participating in color transmission tests for color TV. When the artist noticed that his painting's colors were off, he deduced that it was a fake, and the engineer is nabbed by the authorities.
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