anaheim-gazette 1946-01-10

DON'T WORRY MARTINEK by FRANK V. MARTINEK SKIPPER, HOW ABOUT DOC SKULL? HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ANYTHING? NO, LIKE ALL ASSASSINS HE'LL STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING! I STILL THINK YOU'RE TAKING THAT PHONY MESSAGE TOO SERIOUSLY! WHAT'RE YOU WORRYING ABOUT? THEN? I DON'T LIKE BEING STUCK IN THE BACK WITH A STILETTO OR DRINKING ARSENIC IN MY COFFEE! SO YOU BELIEVE DOC SKULL MAY BE A PAID MURDERER! YES--ENOUGH NOT TO TAKE CHANCES OF BEING INCORRECT! WHAT'RE YOU WORRYING ABOUT THEN? I DON'T LIKE BEING STUCK IN THE BACK WITH A STILETTO OR DRINKING ARSENIC IN MY COFFEE! SO YOU BELIEVE DOCT SKULL MAY BE A PAID MURDERER! YES--ENOUGH NOT TO TAKE CHANCES OF BEING INCORRECT! NOCHIN, CRAFTY, CUNNING ASSASSIN, ALIAS DOC SKULL, HAS BEEN HIRED TO KILL WINSLOW—HE HAS INVENTED A DIABOLICAL DEVICE HE CALLS THE INTERNOPRESS HELMET. HOWEVER, HE MUST FIRST TRAP DON. TO THIS END HE HAS EXECUTED HIS FIRST MANEUVER. HURRY, WABBIT, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE! OKAY, NOCHIN! BOSS, I T'D FLU IS--I S I SNAT WHAT'S ALL THIS MEAN? WHO IS SHE? SHE'S THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO BE, SO GET READY, MADAM TORSO! WINSLOW, YOU'LL BE HONORED BY BEING THE FIRST TO DIE WEARING NOCHIN'S INTERNOPRESS HELMET! GET READY, WALBERT TORSO! BE HONORED BY BEING THE FIRST TO DIE WEARING NOCHIN'S INTERNOPRESS HELMET! ALL ASSASSINS HE'LL, THOUT WARNING! I STILL THINK YOU'RE TAKING THAT PHONY MESSAGE TOO SERIOUSLY! MAYBE SO, BUT I'M TAKING NO CHANCES...FOR EXAMPLE, THIS BOOK ON ASSASSIN'S SAYS THAT THEY ARE THE MOST COWARDLY OF MURDERERS! ASSASSIN'S ANCIENT AND MODERN KULL MAY BE YES--ENOUGH NOT TO TAKE CHANCES OF BEING INCORRECT! IN THAT CASE, WHAT'S NEXT? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! THIS LETTER-- IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING! By Bob Oksner and Jerry Albert BANK JANITOR!... I PACKED MORE GLAMOR AS A SOLDIERMAN... BUT IT'S ILLEGAL TO WEAR THE BRASS BUTTONS VERY LONG AFTER BEING DISCHARGED, SO -- NEVER MIND THAT! GIVE OUT, CAIRO! KULL MAY BE YES--ENOUGH NOT TO TAKE CHANCES OF BEING INCORRECT! IN THAT CASE, WHAT'S NEXT? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! BANK JANITOR!... I PACKED MORE GLAMOR AS A SOLDIERMAN... BUT IT'S ILLEGAL TO WEAR THE BRASS BUTTONS VERY LONG AFTER BEING DISCHARGED, SO -- NEVER MIND THAT! GIVE OUT, CAIRO! BOSS, I DID JEST 'S YUH SAID...I WENT T' D'FLOOR WHERE WINSLOW'S OFFICE IS...I SAW HER COMIN' DOWN D'HALL... I SNATCHED HER'N DER SHE IS! GOOD WORK. WABBIT! THIS LETTER ON VILLANI'S DESK REVEALS THEY WEREN't APTER SOME SPECIAL GASOLINE FORMULA, AS WE THOUGHT, LUISA... BUT THAT'S WHAT G-2 SENT BARNEY INTO ITALY TO FIND! THEN WHEN I' THAT EXPERIMENT OWN BOMBER'S BLASTED WHAT CLEAR OUT OF MY HEAD! MEANWHILE! I WONDER WHY MRS. JONES, THE CHARWOMAN, DOESN'T COME IN TO CLEAN? SHE'S OVERDUE! THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW! EVERYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT WAS PROBABLY BLOTTED OUT IN THE BOMBING! BUT I DON'T KNOW IT! I'M STILL A TOTAL BLANK ON THAT FACTORY EPISODE! VILLANI'S PLANS WERE FOOLPROOF! CAIRO WAS ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS! WEVE TAN COBRAS, G WERE CERT TO GRAB T AND MAKE GALLO CLEAN? SHE'S OVERDUE! THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW! EVERYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT WAS PROBABLY BLOTTED OUT IN THE BOMBING! BUT I DON'T KNOW IT! I'M STILL A TOTAL BLANK ON THAT FACTORY EPISODE! VILLANI'S PLANS WERE FOOLPROOF! CAIRO WAS ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS! WE'VE TAN COBRAS, COME CERTAIN TO GRAB THE AND MAKE GALLO THIS LETTER IT EXPLAINS EVERY-THING! CAIRO! WHAT HAPPENED? WE STREAKED OVER AS SOON AS YOU PHONED! COME ON IN!... BARNEY SCOTT!--IN THOSE CIVVIES I ALMOST MISTOCK YOU FOR A BANK PRESIDENT! WELL, STEVE; AN UNPLEASANT GENTLEMAN NAMED DR. HARLO VILLANI WAS GOING TO PRACTICE SURGERY ON MY ANATOMY--TO MAKE ME HELP HIM GET BARNEY'S "SECRET"! BUT HE WAS CARELESS WITH HIS GUN--AND I GRABBED IT! UNFORTUNATELY, HE MANAGED TO 'ESCAPE!' HEY! DON'T POINT THAT AT ME! WELL, STEVE, AN UNPLEASANT GENTLEMAN NAMED DR. HARLO VILLANI WAS GOING TO PRACTICE SURGERY ON MY ANATOMY -- TO MAKE ME HELP HIM GET BARNEY'S "SECRET"! BUT HE WAS CARELESS WITH HIS GUN -- AND I GRABBED IT! UNFORTUNATELY, HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE! HEY! DON'T POINT THAT AT ME! THEN WHEN I'D WORKED MY WAY INTO THAT EXPERIMENTAL FACTORY, OUR OWN BOMBERS CAME OVER AND BLASTED WHAT I LEARNED CLEAR OUT OF MY HEAD! DOES THIS JOG YOUR MEMORY ANY, BARNEY? WHEW! THEY MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME TREMENDOUS NEW MAN-KILLER -- AND THEY THINK I KNOW THE SECRET OF IT! Olatri, 20. Dran Villani, Everything is ready. The moment you obtain the formula from young Scott, our hidden laboratory, will start work. Within a month, we will make America's nuclear explosive as old-fashioned as the fashioned bow and arrow! Bardo WE'VE TANGLED WITH COBRAS, CAIRO! YOU WERE CERTAINLY LUCKY TO GRAB THAT GUN AND MAKE VILLANI GALLOP! A LOT LUCKIER THAN SHE KNEW! DID YOU EXAMINE THIS GUN, CAIRO? N - NO, STEVE! WHY? OH, NOTHING!... ONLY IT ISN'T LOADED! KNOW TOTAL AT VILLANI'S PLANS WERE FOOLPROOF! CAIRO WAS ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS! WEVE TANGLED WITH COBRAS, CAIRO! YOU WERE CERTAINLY LUCKY TO GRAB THAT GUN AND MAKE VILLANI GALLOP! A LOT LUCKIER THAN SHE KNEW! DID YOU EXAMINE THIS GUN, CAIRO? N- NO, STEVE! WHY? OH, NOTHING!... ONLY IT ISN'T LOADED!