Not only did Spillane get a byline for this episode of Sgt Spook, but the story has a gorilla. What else do I need in making a choice to show it? (I am not happy with Sgt Spook punching the gorilla to train it...but it is a precursor to one of the milder ways Spillane’s heroes solved problems.) You can read more about Sgt Spook at Public Domain Super Heroes.
Spillane wrote constantly; there were a lot of comic books and many characters in those days. Spillane not only wrote for the comic book packager, Lloyd Jacquet, who formed Funnies Inc, but he moonlighted writing scripts for others. With such a prodigious career, most of it done anonymously, dozens and maybe hundreds of his comic book stories will probably remain anonymous.
I have no information on artist John Jordan, other than he drew for Funnies Inc.
The story is from Blue Bolt Vol. 3 No. 3 (whole number 27, 1942).
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"No kidding, Sarge...there's a driverless car with a boy and an ape tearing down Broad Street!"
"O'HOULIHAN!! What did I say about drinking on your beat? YOU'RE FIRED!!"
There's nothing more to say about this than "Now THAT'S a comic." The only element this thing is missing is space aliens!
Always enjoy these SS stories too... I have a few, they're fun and very much in tune with the Saturday matinee kid films of the era
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