Comic SUSPENSE (Part Five)

(1) "Nose for Murder."

Unsigned.

Suspense Comics Number 10, December 1945.

Vignette (2 pages).

Online at Comic Book Plus (HERE; select pages 22-23).

(Note: Text smudged but legible enough.)

Characters: Biff Morgan, Dandy Carstairs, Charley, Hewitt, Lt. Farrow, and Frederick Mahler.

Story: Those snoopy newspaper reporters, there's just no stopping them.

References: "a routine gang killing" (Wikipedia HERE), "I was blitzed!" (Wikipedia HERE), Goebbels (Wikipedia HERE), and Durante (Wikipedia HERE).

(2) "A Bullet for the Ballerina."

By Jack Crooks.

Suspense Comics Number 11, June 1946.

Vignette (2 pages).

Online at Comic Book Plus (HERE; select pages 26 and 28).

(Note: Text smudged and faded but comprehensible.)

Characters: Sir Hubert Crompton, Serge Kupyansk, Novikof, H. Surok, Dr. Benedict, Lady VanNort, Count Toyalski, Baron Klieg, Schuyler Trent, and O'Rourke.

Story: You wouldn't think that pulling off a murder in front of a crowded theater would be an easy thing to do, but the killer almost gets away with it; ironically, what he doesn't count on is an opera fan being in the audience.

References: the "brownout" (Wikipedia HERE and the Wright Museum of World War II HERE), Igor Stravinsky's (Wikipedia HERE) "FIREBIRD" (Wikipedia HERE), and "an emaciated crooner" (Wikipedia HERE).

Typo: "Novikij".

Resources:

- Comic SUSPENSE (Part One) is (HERE), (Part Two) is (HERE), (Part Three) is (HERE), and (Part Four) is (HERE).

- For an armchair detective, Ernest Dudley doesn't seem to spend much of his time in an armchair (HERE).

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