The Eye Collection #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Choice!", Drake’s life hangs in the balance after a failed undercover mission, leading him to an unexpected encounter with the eccentric Prof. Horton and his controversial invention, "The Eye." Donning the red, white, and blue uniform—a deliberate mockery of the retired hero Captain Valiant—Drake becomes a feared enforcer for the North Bay Mob, though his true intentions run deeper than blind allegiance. Written by Bill Schelly and illustrated by Tom Christopher and Ron Frenz, with inks by Joe Rubinstein and lettering by Richard "Grass" Green, the cover by Bill Schelly and Ron Frenz captures the moment of transformation.
In a poignant flashback from *The Eye Collection*, young Eric Drake—raised on the wrong side of the tracks—finds his path shaped by two figures: the retired superhero Captain Valiant and the steadfast police detective Vance Munroe. Though his father was "Shady" Drake, a small-time hood, Eric’s admiration for Munroe and Valiant leads him down a road that ultimately brings him face to face with his past.
In the shadowed halls of the North Bay Mob, a desperate undercover agent stumbles into a twisted experiment when Prof. Alexander Horton offers his invention, "The Eye," to mob boss Jimjacko. Disguised as a new enforcer, the agent—now The Eye—wears a red, white, and blue suit mocking the legacy of Captain Valiant, all while secretly turning the mob's own weapon against them. As he carves a path through crime, the line between hunter and hunted blurs, and the true purpose of the Eye begins to unravel.
In a pivotal flashback from *The Eye Collection*, Vance Munroe, Chief of Detectives, faces a turning point when his adoptive son Drake reveals his new identity as The Eye. The revelation leads to a surprising alliance as Munroe introduces Drake to retired superhero Captain Valiant—Jubal White—who offers both financial backing and access to his abandoned hilltop observatory as a new base of operations. Meanwhile, the story quietly unfolds how Lynn O'Flynn, the undercover policewoman and Drake’s girlfriend, becomes his partner in the fight against crime—her role evolving in ways neither man could have foreseen.
In a quiet moment of curiosity, Mr. Monster receives a copy of The Eye Collection—only to find the mysterious Eye has slipped into his lair. What begins as a simple exchange of books quickly turns into a tense game of mind and shadow, as the Eye attempts to erase Mr. Monster’s memory of him, fearing the very thing he’s spent years hiding from.
In "The Secret Lair of... The Eye," jewel thief "Bugs" Rovelli makes a daring escape from Police HQ and takes policewoman Lynn O'Flynn hostage, sparking a chaotic chase that leads to a mountaintop observatory—secretly the hidden lair of the mysterious superhero The Eye. Amid a shootout between rival gunmen, Lynn begins to suspect The Eye is on her side, only to wake up with no memory of what happened, thanks to a swift, silent drugging.
In a race against time, a team of heroes is pulled from the future to World War II to recover the Star of Atlantis before it falls into the hands of the Nazis. With Dr. Franz Gruber scheming to harness its power and Adolf Hitler himself present at a Transylvanian castle, the stakes are higher than ever.
In "Doom in Dimension X!", Ma Randall finds herself caught in a surreal rift when Knight-Sprite unleashes monstrous versions of Mighty Man and Dr. Weird, sending Kid Galahad spiraling into a warped dimension. There, the fate of Knight Watchman hangs in the balance as reality itself begins to unravel.
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