National Comics #8
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Spy with Two Faces," Merlin—secret agent and master of disguise—takes a bold stand against the Axis powers by summoning the spirit of the ancient Greek Oracle of Delphi. With the Oracle’s power, he sends three tyrants back to the mythical past, leaving them to face the very monsters their modern cruelty once mocked. Written by Toni Blum and illustrated by Art Peddy, this 1941 adventure blends espionage, myth, and wartime fantasy, with a striking cover by Lou Fine.
Sally O'Neil goes undercover in a women's penitentiary to infiltrate the criminal gang of Broadway Flossie, a hardened crook serving time for her violent crimes. After gaining Flossie's trust over six weeks, Sally is drawn into the gang's operations at an abandoned theatre, where she works a con at a nightclub to set a trap for one of their targets. When her cover is blown and Flossie's gang turns on her, Sally's police training kicks in—and what follows is a desperate fight to bring down the entire outfit before they can escape into the night.
Kid Dixon has been framed in a championship bout and plans to clear his name in spectacular fashion—by challenging Gorgy Hill and his gang to a four-man fight in the ring, where he'll force the truth out of them in front of a packed crowd. With his manager Topps and the public watching, the Kid takes on the entire mob single-handedly to prove that Gorgy is a phoney and reclaim his title.
In "The Wisdom of Ancient Greece," Merlin calls upon the spirit of the Delphic Oracle to confront the Axis tyrants, sending them back to ancient Greece where they face the very monsters their modern cruelty once inspired. As the past reshapes the present, Merlin watches from the 20th century as peace returns to a war-torn Europe.
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Reprinted in The Lou Fine Comics Treasury #[nn] (1991)
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