The Human Torch #31
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "He Gambled on Death," the Human Torch and Toro face off against a high-stakes criminal known only as The Gambler, who makes a deadly wager to escape justice—only to challenge the heroes to a life-or-death game of chance. Written by Bill Woolfolk and illustrated with sharp, dynamic flair, this 1948 issue delivers a tense, suspenseful showdown aboard a riverboat rigged with explosive roulette. The cover by Mike Sekowsky captures the danger with a dramatic, shadowed portrait of the Gambler at the wheel.
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The Gambler bets a mob that he can spring their boss from jail. He poses as a doctor and gets the man released. When Torch and Toro foil one of his crimes, he bets his life that Torch and Toro will die. When he fails in his bid to kill them, he spins a roulette wheel attached to dynamite in his riverboat which kills him.
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