Brenda Starr Comics #8
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeBrenda Starr, intrepid reporter, pursues a dangerous criminal across rooftops and through an industrial setting in a harrowing chase sequence. Later, Brenda is late arriving at a fashion show despite her assignment to cover it, while her editor Snapper waits anxiously and other city reporters gather at the event. The comic also includes a prose mystery story involving detectives investigating the death of Betty Osborn, with a key discovery that becomes crucial evidence in solving the case.
Brenda Starr is drawn into a bizarre mystery when Mugs Larson, moments before his execution, requests a final meeting with her, urging her to investigate a cryptic clue at Luna Park. After the grim ceremony, she and her friend Snapper venture to the abandoned amusement park, where they confront a chilling sight: the seemingly undead Mugs Larson, alive and well, waiting to reveal his shocking secret.
In a playful scheme to liven up a dull newsroom, Muggs Walter convinces Pesky Miller to pose as the High Prince of the fictional Westophilia, sparking a media frenzy that spirals out of control. As the fake prince is whisked into a whirlwind of photo ops and a live radio quiz show, the ruse begins to unravel—leaving Muggs scrambling to salvage the story before the truth comes out.
Carl Magee, a determined newspaper editor, stumbles upon a corruption scandal involving the sale of public lands at bargain prices, drawing the ire of powerful figures like Senator Albert B. Fall and Judge D.J. Leahy. As he publishes exposés that challenge the status quo, Magee faces escalating threats, legal battles, and personal danger, all while striving to keep his paper alive. The story follows his relentless fight to uphold press freedom amid mounting pressure from political and financial forces.
When a high-stakes fashion show takes a deadly turn, Brenda Starr finds herself caught in a mystery after model Sherry Moore is found dead backstage—just hours after claiming she didn’t know what dress she’d be wearing. With suspicion falling on her ex-boyfriend, Conrad Cornwallis, and a tense standoff unfolding in front of the audience, Brenda must piece together the truth before the killer escapes.
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