Police Comics #11
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe," a 1942 Quality Comics classic, a centuries-old villain’s mind survives in a jar of chemicals after his death in 1642, only to be transplanted into a soldier centuries later—setting off a bizarre and dangerous new chapter. Written and drawn by Jack Cole, this story blends pulp horror with early superhero intrigue, following the mind of Cyrus Smythe as it takes over a new host and clashes with the ever-resourceful Plastic Man. The cover, by Gill Fox, captures the eerie, gothic tone of the tale.
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Cyrus Smythe was a super-powered villain who was killed in 1642 by a monster of his own creation, and left in a vat of chemicals that allowed his body to die but the brain to remain alive. Soldier Tad Wilkins died centuries later near the grave of Smythe, and medics mistakenly implanted Smythe's brain into Wilkins and Smythe assumed the soldier's life in America. Soon he came into conflict with Plastic Man and his body died.....but the living brain was once again buried.
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