Starr Flagg, Undercover Girl--the CIA agent with two Rs, two Gs, and...nah, can't do it, too obvious a joke.Anyway, famous radio newsman Floyd Armitage is about to go live with the biggest scoop of his career, when...
So big was Floyd's scoop, that the CIA was called in...which, of course, means interrupting Starr's bubble bath!!
And the police really do need her help!
The "stunt" is searching Armitage's apartment...where she's ambushed by the killer. Said killer escapes, but leaves behind a valuable clue!!
PRO-TIP: Mystery killers, do NOT bring along incriminating stuff like programs from your workplace when you're killing or breaking and entering...you'll only drop it!One outfit change and one quick jaunt to the carnival later, Starr Flagg (great-great-grandmother of Reuben Flagg?!?) uncovers the culprit:
Ah, the old murderer/sword swallower bit...Of course, you can't bring her to justice without a fight involving at least one scantily-clad female:
And in James Bond style, it finishes atop a carnival ride!!
OK, so she's not the toughest sword-swallowing murderess out there...But the important thing is, the sword-swallowess coughed up the info...and that why today, newscasters aren't murdered live on the air every day!
Stay tuned for more adventures of Starr Flagg in the near future!!From Undercover Girl #5 (1954), reprinted from Manhunt #6 (1948)
4 comments:
Seriously? A swordswallower is the murderer? This...this is ART!
Sally, that's just one of the amazing stories in the history of Starr Flagg, Undercover Girl!! Seriously, these stories are sort-kinda brilliant in a trashy way...
Brilliant in a trashy way is the BEST way!
'... the sword-swallowess coughed up the info' I see what you did there!
I need a collection of this. I like that everyone knew who Undercover Girl was.
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