Mark Conway #1
In "Murder by Phone," soccer star Mark Conway finds himself entangled in a deadly game of intimidation when an anonymous blackmailer begins targeting him. As teammates and even a police constable fall victim to a brutal killer, Conway’s silence over the threatening calls weighs heavily on his performance and the investigation. Written, drawn, and inked by Paul Trevillion, this 1959 thriller from L. Miller & Son delivers a tense, grounded mystery where every phone call could be the next clue—or the final threat—on the cover by Trevillion.
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Mark Conway, athlete and star player for the soccer team The City, is contacted by by an unnamed blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get Conway to accept his demands. After the captain and goaltender for his team are both murdered Conway has yet to inform the police of the communications between him and the killer, and the ensuing stress takes its toll on his performance with the team. A third murder takes place, this time a police constable, and the police are frustrated by Conway's unwillingness to cooperate.
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