Four Color #11
"Piracy aboard the S.S. Platonic" delivers a crackling 1942 adventure from Roy Crane, who wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page with his signature precision and flair. When a ruthless gangster’s attack on a nightclub owner’s limousine spirals into a high-speed chase and a daring party-night showdown, the stakes rise fast—especially when the criminal’s alibi hangs on a single, suspicious evening. Cover by Roy Crane.
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Slaughter machine-guns Wash's limousine and one of his men threatens to disfigure Carol with acid. The police chase Slaughter's car which smashes into a roadblock. His men are captured, but Slaughter escapes. All this activity has ruined Wash's business, so he decides to throw one last big party at the night club. Slaughter is brazen enough to attend, confident that he has an iron-clad alibi for the afternoon's action. Wash weasels a deal for the club from Slaughter, while Easy goes and gets the police.
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