Amazing Mystery Funnies #1
"Spectre of the Deep" kicks off in 1939 with a wartime adventure that finds Tom Campbell deep behind enemy lines, tasked by General Sing with securing vital weapons in Bai-pan. Written, drawn, and inked by Ed Moore, the story unfolds with tense, grounded action as Tom commandeers a supply train carrying ordnance, setting up a high-stakes mission in the shadow of conflict. The cover by Terry Gilkison captures the mood of danger and mystery with a striking, period-accurate design.
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Tom Campbell is fighting in the service of General Sing, who orders him to make his way through enemy lines and head for Bai-pan, where he will buy guns and ammunition. He eventually comes upon a supply train carrying ordnance, hijacks it and brings it back to Sing.
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