Sprinkled among the macabre mix of assorted monsters, horrors, and mind numbing murder posts all this month, we've also been occasionally visiting the ominous, occult "Manhunt" case file adventures of Kirk of Scotland Yard, and this time it's a tale concerning a centuries spanning cursed object that could possibly spell doom for our 'ol crime bustin', pipe chompin' chap! From the March 1948 issue of Manhunt #6, and yesss, I am forced to post yet another great Ogden Whitney cover illustration too, one that ties in with the terrific text story inside the front and back cover-- and just like our last post is also written by Gardner Fox. And hey, after today's post, head over to AEET HERE for yet ANOTHER great tale from the pages of Manhunt! You won't be sorry...
4 comments:
I know it's the UK but Kirk might want to think about a gun, he jumps a guy with a gun twice in this thing, and basically lucks out the second time!
I really like the Jack the Ripper panel, that's a real horror comic panel; lurking killer, good girl art victim.
I love the evil talking stone panels, except for one they are always in the upper right of the page. Coincidence, probably, but neat never the less. Some great art in this one.
It's easy to have mixed feelings about the pepper scene. Even if it gets in Inspector Kirk's eyes along with his nose (which isn't a small thing), pepper is such a slapstick comedy tradition.
Obviously I'll love any comics story with so many panels dedicated to concentric mesmerism circles. Page five has two of them! I think I like the candy-colored radiations of the stone attracting some hapless sap even more than the sonar waves of the stone communicating with him once it's already being worn. But only just barely.
I also love that nihilistic ending. Not only does the narrative abandon both the bewildered protagonists and the hapless sap who committed all these crimes, but it finally fixates on the mundane details of unobserved entropy. Boy meets girl, sure, and then nature tends toward chaos of course. The end.
And yet another excellent text story, too!
Hope to maybe get in one more (or two) Kirk tales before the end of the month-- thanks again for all the great comments and as always STAY TOMBED for more...
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