Smash Comics #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Suicide Torpedoes," Will Eisner crafts a taut wartime thriller set against the backdrop of the Pan-American Congress's ambitious Caldwell Line—a naval barrier meant to isolate the Axis powers. When Madame La Coquin lures Black X to a Washington soirée under false pretenses, deception and illusion become weapons as Batu stages a shocking death to cover a deadly sabotage mission. With Eisner handling every aspect of the interior art and lettering, and Gill Fox's striking cover capturing the intrigue, this 1940 issue delivers a gripping blend of espionage and suspense.
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The Pan-American Congress erects "The Caldwell Line," like a seagoing Maginot Line, that parallels the entire eastern coast of the western hemisphere. This is in place in order to blockade the landlocked Axis powers, thus crimping their food supply. So now the Axis Secret Police need to do some sabotage, but first Madame La Coquin invites Black X to a fashionable Washington party, so that she can kill him. Batu uses an illusion to make them think Black X is really dead, allowing the Axis to complete their plans to destroy The Caldwell Line.
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