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THE RED MENACE MEETS AMERICA S NEWEST HERO-

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QjfoME MOMENTS LATER-THE SlOHT OFTHAT BLA
FOS DRAWS THE ATTENTION OF /fOQFÆ VW/i

. UB IWTENSE HEAT ACT I VATES THE AUTO-
MATIC SPRINKLER SVSTEM Ol-i THE
CEILING. 1NTHESUDDEN DONNPOUROF
WATER, THC AV/TA/aet? LOMS SIGHT

QF TUE gLEE IMe MEN,,,,

CAN'T OEE ATHINQ IMTHIS DOVJNPOUR'
rtVJILl- PUTOUTTH5FIRE, BUT IT'S
BIVINS THOSB HOODS A CHAMCe-

JUT, AHEADOFHIM
:xeo HEN UE
WAITING —

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VODBH COMPA" TMENT OF HIS
BBV' RELEASES A 'hii-j SBB4Y OF
HELIUM INTO HIS JELT LINIK4G.THE
HELiuk BUOV« .PTHE WENSEB
ANDTHt «-*^-*f UNTiLHECIiN
FREE HIMbELF AND REACH SÅRET*,.

JWE A HEAD ST1RT I

•jav, sut i'vEi

■1CE AGO.IN T«ff STVSft/frTAKESTOTHE AIR. FEEDlNG A

photo of thetire treadsofthe getaway car intothe

STARJET'S MECHANICAL COMPuTATOR , THE RADAR SEAM
GOES OM AMD THE STARJET TRAILS ITS QUARRV* UIKE A
GUIDED MISSILE!

I LAPSEN */ILI
IIS GET«
!ICW OR twO'UP MY SLEEVE 1

UCPOSS THE WINDING ROADS OF
THE COASTAL AREA , OUT OVER
THE OCEAM 6WSEPS THE STAR-
JET

. ICE AGAIK1, THE STARJET-S
PADAR EQU1PMENT GOBS TO
WORM. THEM A GuiDEDMlSSlLE
TORPEDO IS LAUNC HED FROM
HER RROW ^«

£ MUPFLED EXPLOSION
SEVSCRS UPWARD1 THEN
ATHICK OIL SLICK AN,©
BITS OF VJRECWASe DOT
THEJ V^ATBR; „„

I'LL HAVE THE PROFESSOR I
DRAVJ UP NEVV PLANG . >*
THENVLLTAWE HIMTO "*
WASHINGTON MVSELF, IN
THE STARJET, TO MAKE 4
SURE THE UNITED STATES,
ALONE, SETS THAT
PORTABLB ATOt> ""
MOTOR l

HI-POWER BINOCULARS

SEEUPTO
18 MILES

Fowerful foiding Opera Glosses

fit into pocket or purse. Center

eye piece adiustment. Worlh many

times low introductory price. Conv

parable to models selling foi $4.95.

BRUCE SAIES CO.. Deal IW-9

6S W. 47lh Slte.l. N.w York 36, N.Y. Room 206

Pierne send »i Hi-Pawer Binoeuluu.

[ D I 'or JO« C! for SI. 00.

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trucks, jeeps, balllc Ullbl, bombers
rlc. Oesiencd lo scale up lo 4Va", in
0HLV SI.OO P0SIPAI0.
100 T0Y PIRATES — SI

0NLY SI.OO P0SI

100 COWBOYS AN0 INOIANS — SI
A compiete Rodeo ol 100 pus
2" hieh. In i colorlul dit bo. thai
feneed corrai and Inoian lepec.
POSTPAIO

SPACE GUN "TATER SHOOTER'
A complelety harmlcss spacc cu
compressed air and shoots oolalo
50 leel — wilh more Ihan 300 shols dom a s«
polalo. Sale, Humlen. FIM! ONlt SI.OO P0S1P
FASCINATING ANT FARM — S2.98
Kids. have your own Anl farm with real live A
Made ol unbreakable clear plastic that enab'es
ke. Largo 6"

MOOERN TOY COMPANY — Dept. lw-9
62 West 4Tlh St., Rm. 206 New York 36, N. Y. HO C.O.O's

(Please Prinl Flaiily)

AND IN A SMALL PAWNSHOF OFF
A MAIN THOBOUGHFAKE IN

empire ary..,.

^HE STARJET SETTLES
PCWN, CLOSETOTWEMAVJ
OF THE MIGHTV VOLC ANO....

&

ITH THE AVENGER GONE TO HIS DOOM. THE
•SlANS INVESTU3ATE THE STARJET, OWlYTO
DISCOVER IT LOCKE D AGAINST ANY INVASION —

A MOST CURIOUS *^ NEVER MINDTHAT. FIRST
SORT OFKEyHOLE.y WE MUST FlNDTHE
I WONDER VJHAT / GUIDED MISSILE. THENWE
KIND OF KEV &Y CAN VJORW ON THE
UKILOCWS IT ■} ?{ , STARJET!

DISCOVERS TUE FlfiST FACE OP PEATH \ QY F/tf C J

„tør FLAMES SEARTHE
FLESH'.THERElSNO
ESCAPE 1

HO CHANCE AT ALL.' INA ,
MINUTS Z'M GO/NS TO
BL ACKOUT F#OM THE HEAT.'
THEMX'LL TOPPLE OVER,
INTO THATBUBBL 'NS L AVA

REMINPMETOTELL
YOU ALL ABOUT IT,
VJHEN I HAVE MORE

HE MISSEP ME — BUT HE
&CTIV6TSP THE TIME -
FUSC OF TH£ ATCMIC

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SECOUDFACE
OPDEATHiBV
ATOMIC
EXPL06I0NJ
THE TIME-
FUSE TICKS
ON, WITH NO
WAV TO STOP
IT1 IN AFSW
SECONDS.THE
ISLET WU_
8LOW %HY
HISH AND
DSSTROy
EVERy UVINS
thinS on rr,

AMD VJITH1N
A RAPIUS OF
HALPA MILES

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%ThE AVENGER IS LEFT ALOME VJVTH an about-
to-explode atom bomb; and no vjav off
thelittle island:

KM/r.'THAT OLDTORTOISE '. SOUTH
SEA 1SLANDERS PIBE THEM B 1 /
KEEPING THEIR HEADS ABOVE
WATER. NO REASON WHY X CAN'T

DOIT,TOOi

fLU BE ALL RISMT IF I CAK4 KEEP HIS HEAD
BACW, BUT— CANI KEEPIT BACW LONG
ENOUGH FORHIMTOREACHTHATOTHER
ISLAND?

ÆfteR WHAT SEEMS AN ETERNIT-/, HIS. FEET
TOUCH LAND AGAIN. LIWE TUE AVENSlNS HURRI-
CANE HE IS- THE AVENGER LEAPS TO GRIPS

>InOTU?R OLD MAN DRAWS BACK INTOTHE
SHADCWSOFAPOOR'WA.V, TERRinED,,,,

5 , Uet3ENLY THE O'.D VIOLINIST
PAUSES ANDST ÅRES SKYVJARD-

DR. KLAUS OBERSCHAFF
IS IN VIENNA RIGHT NONNl
VOUCAMEINT1METO
SAVE HIM — IFYOUCW\

OBERSCHAFF?
'HE'STHE GERMAN
' INVENTOR AND

NUCLEAR
PHYSICIST, ISN'T
HE?

right: vjhenthe REDS

CAME INTO BERLIN WITH
THE AMERICANTROOPS IN
'ASTHE/KIDNAPPED
OBERSCHAFF ANPTOOK
HIM TO RUSSIA .THEV'VE
BEEN USING HIG BROINTO
HELP DEVELOP THEIR
ATOMIC BOMBS/THRÉAT-
ENING TO WLL HIS VJIFE
HELP1

HISWIFE DIEDRECENTUY,
LEAVINGTHE RE OS
•NITHOUT A CLUBTO HOLD
OVER HIS HEAD. HE
ESCAPED. HE ISIN VIENNA
HEVJANTSTOG6TTOTHE
UNITED STAT ES TO GIVE
THEM VAUIABLE
RUSSIAN MILITARy
SECRETS. BUT—
CAN'T LOCÅTe HIM

FORTUNATELY, NEITHER
CANTHE HVO MEN jTHEVRE
TURNINGTHS CITY UPSIDE
DO¥JN INTHEIR ATTEMPT
TOFIND HIM. EVERY OLO
MAN'SBEINGWIDNAPPED
OFF THE STREETS. FlNO
OBERSCHAFF AND GET HIM
AVJAV SAFELV,THEyTELL
ME . BUT- 1 PON'T IffJOW

WELL,I DOi

TWEVRE PICKINS
THEMSELVES UPOUT I
OFTH&TVNRECKAGE/I
■WE'LL GET OUT OF
SIGHTl

0» A QUIET LITTLE STREETCORNER NEAR7HE OUT5KIRTS

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THIS NOTEBOOK,^

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VOURS? S^l

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MY FIRST TRY VJAS A
FAILURE ! MWBE THE
NEKT ONE WLL BRING
BETTER LUCK i WHAT'i
THAT? SOUNPS LIKE
ANOTWER ONE OF
THOSE GOON- SpQUAD

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• YOU KNOW ME ?
BUT HOW ?

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FORMULA FOR PMOTOSVNTHeSIS -

Y/ITHOUT WHICH NO LIFE ON EdRtU COULD
EXISTl I KNEW * BRILUfcNT SCIEMTIST
COULD-klOT RESISTTHE URGETO
CORRECTlTi

NOW THAT I'VE MADE HIM j
}K PR160NER, WHAT AM I

GOING TO PO 'WfTH HIM?/
li CAN'T FREE HIM, FOR

HE'D HAVE RALPH
; KILLEDi I CANT KEEP
f HIMHERE,ORKILLHIM.
'VM NEITHER AKIDNAPPER.,
fNOR 6. MURDEREf?,,,,

WMT! THAT GHOST RIDER
MASK VOLI BOUGWT
FOR VOUR VOUNG
NEPHEW! IT GIVES ME
AN IDE A! VJHY CAN'T
I VJEAR SOME SORT
OF COST LIME, AND GO
VISIT THOSE REDSTA
COSTUME TO PROTECT
MV OVJN IDENTITy AND
RALPH AT THE SAME
TIME!

A» THE NEXT FEVJ DAVS,
ROGER WRIGHT AND HIS
SECRETARy, CLAIRE
FARROW, ARE BUSy IM
THE LABftRATORy, BUT
THISTIME THEy WORW
<NITH CLOTH ANDTHREAD.
RATHERTHAN CHEMICALS-

^EN,ONENieHT,HlS

EQUIPMENT IS COMPLETS,
AND ROGER WRIGHT
BECAMES A STRANGE
MVSTERIOUS FU3URE
OF THE NIGHT.

tf INUTE5 LATER, THE
SW«/£TBSrREAKlNS

THROUGH THE SKY,
BOUNO TOR EUROPE„

SOME TIME LATER, A
PROWSY RUSSIAN
SENTINEL SEES A
BLACK SHAPOW ON
TWEGROUND —

A GERMAN HOUSEWIFE
SEES A PARK FISURE OM
A ROOFTOP,-.

A DOOR OPENS SLOWLY-

>!NP GENERAL SER6EI

VIROSH0N5KV STARES
IN AMAZEMENT—

\WHO- wHOA&eycu? .

WH-WHAT CO YOU.
WANT?

AS HE SPEAKS,
THE TOE OF HIS
RUSSIAN BOOT
PRESSES DOWN
HARD ON A
HIPDEN ALARM
BELL, ANP

^IKE A HUMAN BATTERING-RAM, THE PARK-CLAD
SCIENTIST LEAVES HIS FEET IN A 80NE-VJRENCHING
BODY BLOCK :

^HENTHE RUSSlAN SOLDlERS HAVE GONE, ANP
GENERAL SERGEI VlROSHONSNV IS ALONE WITH
ROGER \NR\GHT

AS THE RUSSIAN GENERAL STARES, ROGER
WRIGHT LIFTS A GLASS PELLET FRCM HIS
BELT AND BREAKS IT„„

THAT IS A GASEOUS FORM OFA
TRUTH S£/?UM '. NOW VOU WILL BE
UNABLE TO LIE , GENERAL. AND SOI
WILL 8EGIN MV QUESTIONING J
WHERE ARE COLONEL RALPH
WRIGHT AND HIS V/IFE ?

fHE SwEAT BREAWS OUT IN BEADS ONTHE
GENERAL'S FACE. HE KNOWSTHATHE IS
SENTENCING HIMSELF TO A MOSCOVJ
FIRING SQUAD. THE COMMUNISTS "NILL
NEV/ER LET HIM LIVE NO*N 1