While trailing the cleverest bank robber of modern times, Tony Quinn meets “upright citizens” who are not above the lure of illicit gold! The Black Bat and his aides fight to expose the elusive leaders of a mysterious crime combine!
The Black Bat carried on his battle against crime for fourteen years, but he did not do it alone, not even before he put on the mask. Aggressive District Attorney Tony Quinn found himself a victim of crime when a gangster doused his face in acid, blinding Quinn seemingly permanently. Even though Quinn’s sight would be restored with a few extra perks by an experimental surgery, he still struggled with adapting to his new situation and was assisted in this in part because of his valet, Norton ‘Silk’ Kirby.
As an ally to a Pulp hero, Silk Kirby proves unique in a couple of ways. Although he is not the first valet to throw his fists in support of his boss in pulp fiction, Silk is not a genius in some scientific endeavor or necessarily an expert in any given field. He is a man who, thanks to the intervention of Tony Quinn before becoming The Black Bat, is given a second chance and as a sort of atonement, contributes to his employer’s crusade against evil. What makes Silk stand out even more is that he was given the second chance because he had been a criminal and attempted to rob Quinn. Seeing something of value in him, Quinn convinced him to leave crime behind. Following his accident and surgery, Quinn decides to don the mantle of The Black Bat. Silk Kirby’s assistance and knowledge of the underworld and his effusive charm, his ability to blend in with criminals, become invaluable to his boss’ war on crime.
Thrill to The League of Faceless Men, originally published in Black Book Detective #92 Winter 1951 and read with two fisted excitement by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Stickup!
Chapter 2: Dying Man’s Identification
Chapter 3: Mystery Corpse
Chapter 4: Second Kill
Chapter 5: The Man in Black
Chapter 6: Talk Or Die
Chapter 7: Roof-Top Hunt
Chapter 8: Thanks for the Break
Chapter 9: Dead Man’s Club Room
Chapter 10: Gold Digger
Chapter 11: A Hundred Thousand More
Chapter 12: Impersonal Murderer
Chapter 13: The Lady Talks
Chapter 14: Slim Chance
Chapter 15: The Vanishing Dead
Chapter 16: Blind Man’s Theories
Chapter 17: End of a Killer
Chapter 18: The Man in the Vault
Chapter 19: Hidden Loot
Chapter 20: Sign of the Black Bat
