The Menomonee Falls Gazette #89
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn this 1973 issue of The Menomonee Falls Gazette, written and illustrated by Dan Barry, a quiet moment in the jungle turns eerie when Demura, the Kohrian, begins a strange chant that sends Betty into a trance. As the others gather wood, she follows him without resistance, leaving Captain West to sound the alarm. With Betty vanished and the jungle alive with danger, Tarzan picks up the scent of both Tarmangani and Numa, while Terry finds himself face-to-face with a lion and a panther at once. The cover by Dan Barry captures the tension of the moment, a 45-cent comic of mystery and suspense from a bygone era.
Inga, Snap, and Colonel Roche are caught in a tense standoff when Johnny’s reckless actions trigger an elephant stampede that ends Roche’s life. With Snap’s quick thinking, the two work together to manipulate Roche’s men into fleeing, dismantling his drug-smuggling operation in a moment of chaos and deception.
Phil, Guido, Stryde, and Ramsden make a desperate bid to flee Quirt's arena, but their escape is cut short when Onyx draws a weapon. Quirt, needing one of them alive for a crucial brain transplant, intervenes—only for the moment to spiral into chaos. In the ensuing struggle, Onyx is fatally shot, leaving Quirt’s plan in ruins.
In a quiet moment charged with tension, Modesty recounts the fate of Max Aquino to Willie, revealing how he discovered the legend of the Red Gryphon and met his end. With the past weighing heavy, the two begin to weave a plan for retribution—though what form it will take remains shrouded in mystery.
In a quiet moment aboard a forgotten vessel, Flash and Zarkov meet a woman who has just awakened after twenty millennia in suspended animation—her world and crew lost to time. Struggling to reconcile a life defined by war with the uncertain peace of a new age, she faces a future she never imagined.
Poteet Canyon, posing as the aspiring actress Patti Canton, dives into a web of deception while chasing a story, unaware that Eve Starr and Virgilia Downspout are orchestrating every move from the shadows.
In a tense, pulse-pounding sequence from *The Menomonee Falls Gazette #89*, Jim Hawk finds himself trapped and tied to a chair as the door behind him is rigged with dynamite. With Johnny Rainbow locked in a firefight with Baron’s men, Jim makes a desperate move—freeing himself and leaping through the window just in time. As chaos unfolds, Baron and his daughter attempt a hurried escape, but in their panic, the Baron forgets the danger of the booby-trapped door. The resulting explosion leaves the fate of both him and his daughter uncertain, as the smoke clears and the consequences begin to settle.
In a brief but tense encounter from The Menomonee Falls Gazette #89, Mandrake finds himself outmatched when his hypnotic powers fail to sway Dr. Robot—only to realize the scientist is merely a puppet, his actions dictated by the unseen hand of Professor R. Master.
In a quiet moment of duty and curiosity, Larry Brannan is tasked with escorting Raymonde Duval back to Toronto, unaware that her father’s legacy is under siege. As anonymous threats and unsettling messages mount, Mr. MacInnis entrusts Larry with uncovering the shadow behind the pressure to sell the family estate—before it’s too late.
In the rugged terrain of Menomonee Falls, Rick O'Shay finds himself caught in a tense standoff when "Slash" Henshaw spots him from above and orders Grundy to intervene. A sudden accident leaves Henshaw dead and Grundy injured, leaving Rick to piece together the truth behind the chaos—only to face a mystery that blurs intent, loyalty, and survival.
In a dusty stretch of Wisconsin farmland, the Devil, Chief, and Sgt. Malo find themselves caught in a web of deception when a mysterious gang claims to be vampires, driving farmers from their land under cover of night. The Phantom, ever vigilant, steps in to uncover the truth behind the terror—only to discover a far more earthly motive beneath the cloak of superstition.
In a tense, shadowed standoff, Rona’s desperate scream and a flurry of gunfire from her window draw the Mounties away from their post across the hall—just as Uhlmann’s team prepares to move in. With Bond held as bait and time running thin, the line between protection and betrayal blurs in the quiet desperation of a single, pivotal night.
In a quiet moment aboard his remote station, Jeff Hawke finds himself under the watchful eye of the Andromeda Patrol’s female leader, whose sharp wit and unexpected remarks hint at a deeper game unfolding beyond the stars. As she muses on the fate of the Assessor—five years in the uranium mines—Jeff can’t shake the feeling that the real test is just beginning.
Dr. Ben Casey is caught off guard when Dr. Duval, usually composed, delivers a sharp rebuke for being late—then the next day, Dr. Hayes shares surprising news: the intern who handled a crisis with remarkable skill was none other than Dr. Duval herself.
In a brief, sharp moment from The Menomonee Falls Gazette #89, Lem Stuart finds himself caught in a surreal test of identity when Superman proves his true self—only for the encounter to take a darker turn when a hidden bomb is discovered in Stuart’s trunk. As Lois prepares to write her story, doubts creep in, and Clark is sent to investigate, uncovering signs of a struggle in Stuart’s office through his x-ray vision.
In the heart of the jungle, while the group gathers wood, Demura’s eerie chant draws Betty West into a trance, leaving her helpless as he carries her away. When Captain West returns to find her gone, the search begins—just as Tarzan, tracking the scent of a white man and a lion, closes in on the mystery. Amid the growing tension, Terry O'Rorke faces a deadly confrontation with both a lion and a panther.
Dr. Leon Pruitt is racing against time to save himself from a deadly debt, but instead of fleeing, he devises a desperate plan: using a dying patient’s face to shield his own. With his wife Stephanie urging him to find another way, and the rackets boss Lou Bender closing in, Pruitt prepares a surgical transformation that could cost a life to preserve another. As Mr. Fleming watches from the shadows, the line between sacrifice and survival begins to blur.
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