Action Comics #48
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Title: "The Case of the Maddening Music"
Pages: 9
Feature(s):
Zatara (of Earth-2)
Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joseph Sulman
Feature Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Jan Harrl (a composer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
- Harrl's henchmen (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Bob and Myra Barth (a music student and his wife; no further appearances)
- Lucius and Martha Gordon (a banker and his wife; Lucius also called Harry once in this story; no further appearances)
- Donald (a chauffeur; no further appearances)
- Ed and Molly (a young couple; no further appearances)
Synopsis:
Zatara attends a concert held by composer Jan Harrl. During the performance Bob Barth, Harrl's student, becomes hypnotized by the music. He then attempts to murder banker Lucius Gordon. Zatara prevents the murder and learns about Harrl from Bob's wife Myra.
Zatara follows Harrl and witnesses him kidnap Gordon and his wife. The composer was once employed by the banker and feels he was mistreated. When Zatara tries to rescue the couple, he is overcome by the hypnotic music and nearly kills himself.
Zatara escapes the deadly music. He recovers in time to stop a bank robbery conducted by Harrl's men. Finally he turns the composer's music against Harrl. The sound drives the man to kill himself. With Harrl dead, the threat to Gordon is over.
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