When the diabolical Dr. Mars and a sinister crew of saboteurs stalk, Tony Quinn and his aides go all out to exterminate the Nazi rats who plot destruction!
When The Black Bat debuted, the concept of the Pulp hero had not already been established, it had also become somewhat of a stereotype. The Pulp hero was usually male, wealthy, usually fought with a team or a group of allies and took on power mad insane villains. The Black Bat hit most of these tropes, some of them like the figurative dead horse, dead on, which was necessary for a series character in this vein to survive. What was different, though, about the majority of The Black Bat stories themselves was that they were not simply excuses for explosions and adventure. A real mystery was often hidden at the core of each tale of Tony Quinn’s crime fighting career.
The most grandiose part of any Black Bat adventure was the masked avenger himself. The stories were closer to traditional detective mysteries than a lot of other pulp tales. Norman A. Daniels, one of the hardest working and most experienced authors in Pulp magazines, brought his skill of writing and his knowledge of crafting mysteries fully to The Black Bat. Tony Quinn, a lawyer by vocation, utilized skills he’d learned in his career and even beyond that to become a true detective, each story often starting with an unknown assailant or even a crime shrouded in secrecy. Even though bullets flew and punches were thrown, there was more often than not a solid ‘whodunit’ or ‘what’s going on’ at the basis of each story and The Black Bat would do the reveal of the culprit in his own explosive way.
Thrill to Captains of Death, originally published in Black Book Detective #57 May 1943 and read with two fisted excitement by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Killers from Abroad
Chapter 2: Farewell Party
Chapter 3: Contact
Chapter 4: The Doctor of Death
Chapter 5: Visit to the F.B.I.
Chapter 6: New Order Arrogance
Chapter 7: Door to Danger
Chapter 8: Dilemma
Chapter 9: Powder Keg
Chapter 10: Visitors with Guns
Chapter 11: A Pleasant Frame
Chapter 12: The Black Bat Accused
Chapter 13: Spiked Brandy
Chapter 14: Murder Agency
Chapter 15: Freytag’s Plan
Chapter 16: Nazi Treachery
Chapter 17: Battle in Darkness
Chapter 18: Masks Off
