The Adventures of Little Archie #38
In "The Terrible Tornado Machine," Mad Doctor Doom unleashes a storm of chaos by building a device to control tornadoes, targeting Riverdale's new Dibbledock Towers and turning the town into a playground of wind and fear. With the police dismissing Little Archie's warnings, it's up to the ever-resourceful kid and his unlikely allies—Chester's stash of "Icky Slicky" hair oil and the gold bars Doom has collected—to stop the mad scientist’s scheme. Written and illustrated by Bob Bolling, this 1966 adventure blends classic Archie charm with a surprisingly inventive twist, all captured in a cover by Bob Bolling.
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Mad Doctor Doom creates a machine that can control tornadoes, and uses it to destroy Riverdale's newly-completed Dibbledock Towers. He begins to blackmail wealthy businessmen, and uses the remote-controlled tornadoes to collect the ransom money. The police don't believe Little Archie's insistence that the "harmless nut" Mad Doctor Doom is behind this reign of terror. So it's once again up to that "meddlesome brat" to foil Doom's plans himself, using two things: the gold bars Doom has collected as ransom, and Chester's huge supply of "Icky Slicky" hair oil.
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