Pep Comics #4
Legend tells of a Crackenthorpe ancestor who summoned a demon to gain riches to start the family fortune. The bride of each Crackenthorpe heir must bow to the demon, which Lady Brenda does. When her husband, the Earl of Crackenthorpe, comes to save her, the demon kills him. Bentley suspects murder, the suspects: The earl's brother Lionel who is the heir and loves Lady Brenda, the butler who is mentioned in the will, and a cousin who seems to have nothing to gain. Bentley exposes the cousin's plan to masquerade as the demon, kill the earl, and frame Lionel in order to inherit the title himself.
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Legend tells of a Crackenthorpe ancestor who summoned a demon to gain riches to start the family fortune. The bride of each Crackenthorpe heir must bow to the demon, which Lady Brenda does. When her husband, the Earl of Crackenthorpe, comes to save her, the demon kills him. Bentley suspects murder, the suspects: The earl's brother Lionel who is the heir and loves Lady Brenda, the butler who is mentioned in the will, and a cousin who seems to have nothing to gain. Bentley exposes the cousin's plan to masquerade as the demon, kill the earl, and frame Lionel in order to inherit the title himself.
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