Title: (Art for Crime's Sake)
Pages: 10
Feature(s):
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson of Earth-2)
Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Howard Sherman
Reprinted From:
More Fun Comics #77 (1942)
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Mr. Uhlan and two henchmen (no further appearances)
- A giant (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Bill and Betsy Brown (no further appearances)
- Carvel Gresham (an art collector; no further appearances)
Comments:
This story was not originally titled.
Synopsis:
Bill and Betsy Brown find an old painting that Betsy's great-great-grandfather bought in China. When she tries to the painting to an art dealer he buys it after discovers that it is magic. The picture was created during the Ming dynasty by Loo Tung and serves as a gateway to another world.
Mr. Uhlan, tha art dealer, wants to keep knowledge of the painting a secret, so he orders men to kindap the Browns. Doctor Fate protects them. He then rescues Carvel Gresham, a rival art collector whom Uhlan wanted to trap in the painting.
When Fate finally catches Uhlan, he tries to get Bill and Betsy out of the painting. While inside, he is attacked by a giant. With Fate inside, Uhlan sets fire to the picture hoping to trap the mystic hero inside. Instead, the fire kills the giant and releases those trapped inside. Doctor Fate then brings Uhlan to the authorities.