Now, then, where were we? Ah, yes, More Fun Comics # 65 (March 1941) and The Diamond Curse!
And what's this? Bill and Prof sharing a room?
Sure you have Bill! Winston Darrow, famous collector of unusual stones! (These were the days before television, kids, when collectors of unusual stones could be world famous)
Prof and Bill head to the docks to meet Darrow. Perhaps Darrow is deaf and/or blind, as Prof feels compelled to scream at the top of his lungs even though Darrow is the only person on the docks, and is looking directly at him.
Seems Darrow is after a particular diamond which has recently come up for sale, a diamond that is associated with a tragic curse!
Naturally, being a man of science, plus a greedy son of a bitch, Darrow is after the diamond for his collection...as well as a certain brawny bodyguard!
So, once again, Bill leaves Prof behind in his thirst for adventure and/or hanging out with other men! Signs of trouble to come....?
Well, that didn't take long. The criminals do away with Darrow and replace him with an exact lookalike....a crooked lookalike!
Unlike Bill, show-biz doesn't seem to be second nature for our hapless jewel thief! Luckily for him, the diamond broker doesn't pick up on his nervous laughter - because, really, what would a diamond broker ever have to be nervous about, anyway?
The fake Darrow makes good his escape, with Bodyguard Bill in tow - but....can he escape the curse?
The answer is NO!
But no sooner has "Darrow" keeled over dead when...
The taxi driver absconds with the diamond, but he can't escape the expert tracking skills of Congo Bill! (Yes, I know we're not technically in the Congo for this adventure, but rather in a city large enough to support regular cab service. Nontheless....) Bill tracks the taxi driver to the headquarters of the Smartest Diamond Thief in the World!
Oh, and also, besides being the smartest diamond thief in the world, he's afraid of nothing!
Oh, Randu? Not even centuries-old diamond curses?
Well, all's well that ends well, I say. Oh, except for freeing the real Darrow and explaining the curse of the diamond, with the help of a Dick-Tracy-like illustrative arrow!
And what's this? Bill and Prof sharing a room?
Sure you have Bill! Winston Darrow, famous collector of unusual stones! (These were the days before television, kids, when collectors of unusual stones could be world famous)Prof and Bill head to the docks to meet Darrow. Perhaps Darrow is deaf and/or blind, as Prof feels compelled to scream at the top of his lungs even though Darrow is the only person on the docks, and is looking directly at him.
Seems Darrow is after a particular diamond which has recently come up for sale, a diamond that is associated with a tragic curse!
Naturally, being a man of science, plus a greedy son of a bitch, Darrow is after the diamond for his collection...as well as a certain brawny bodyguard!
So, once again, Bill leaves Prof behind in his thirst for adventure and/or hanging out with other men! Signs of trouble to come....?
Well, that didn't take long. The criminals do away with Darrow and replace him with an exact lookalike....a crooked lookalike!
Unlike Bill, show-biz doesn't seem to be second nature for our hapless jewel thief! Luckily for him, the diamond broker doesn't pick up on his nervous laughter - because, really, what would a diamond broker ever have to be nervous about, anyway?
The fake Darrow makes good his escape, with Bodyguard Bill in tow - but....can he escape the curse? The answer is NO!
But no sooner has "Darrow" keeled over dead when...
The taxi driver absconds with the diamond, but he can't escape the expert tracking skills of Congo Bill! (Yes, I know we're not technically in the Congo for this adventure, but rather in a city large enough to support regular cab service. Nontheless....) Bill tracks the taxi driver to the headquarters of the Smartest Diamond Thief in the World!
Oh, and also, besides being the smartest diamond thief in the world, he's afraid of nothing!
Oh, Randu? Not even centuries-old diamond curses?
Well, all's well that ends well, I say. Oh, except for freeing the real Darrow and explaining the curse of the diamond, with the help of a Dick-Tracy-like illustrative arrow!
1 comment:
My mom told me nothing good ever comes from meeting strange men at the docks.
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