Wonderworld Comics #31
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Case of the Hollywood Crutch Killer," Jones races to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop a mysterious, monocled assassin and his bizarre accomplice—a towering figure with a fish hook hand—both of whom are stealing arms shipments. Penciled and inked by Louis Cazeneuve, this 1941 thriller from Wonderworld Comics #31 blends noir tension with pulp spectacle, while the cover by Arturo Cazeneuve captures the story’s eerie, high-stakes atmosphere.
Hollywood's on high alert when a mysterious killer armed with a deadly crutch begins terrorizing a movie set, and Gary Preston and Linda Dale—secretly the Flame and the Flame Girl—arrive to investigate and protect a dangerous script. As accidents multiply and suspicion runs rampant among the cast and crew, the heroes must uncover the crutch-killer's identity before more blood is spilled on the Star Features lot. With a sinister figure from the past seemingly bent on sabotage, only the Flame and the Flame Girl stand between Hollywood and disaster.
U. S. Jones races to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop a monocled killer and a crazed giant with a fish hook hand, both behind a string of gun shipments being hijacked. With Grumbler Harris and Joe Harris at his side, Jones must unravel the mystery before the villains’ deadly plan reaches its peak.
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Reprinted in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #3 (2008), Men of Mystery Comics #74 (2008), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #6 (2011)
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