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T-Man, #1

Published: September 1951

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T-Man #1

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Issue Contents:
He's Smart! He's Tough!
1 page spy
Characters
  • T-Man
Credits
Story Notes

We formerly suggested Reed Crandall as inker, but Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill denied that attribution.

T-Man's Holiday
Story 1 10 pages spy
Storyline

At a dentist in Rome, Trask is having a tooth fixed. By coincidence, Allied agents burst in to search the office for a microfilm intended for communist spies. The dentist hides it in Trask's tooth without anyone noticing.

Characters
  • T-Man Pete Trask
  • T-Man Vittorio Alcini (death)
  • Chief
  • Dr. Lontaro (villain)
  • Marlita (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit based on Martin O'Hearn's description of Millard's writing tics. Edmond Good is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, also by an art sample from #4 by these two artists. Same art as here.

The Teen Terrors

Featuring Augie Moore

Story 2 5 pages teen
Characters
  • Augie Moore (introduction)
  • Marcie Blayne (introduction)
  • Slope Carr (introduction)
  • Red (introduction)
Credits
The Prince of Thieves
Story 3 7 pages
Storyline

A secret military code book is stolen from a security office in Washington by a baron with diplomatic immunity. To get it back, Trask is booked on the same liner to Europe as the baron.

Characters
  • T-Man [Pete Trask]
  • Baron Rafsky (spy)
  • Baroness Rafsky (spy)
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit based on Martin O'Hearn's description of Millard's writing tics. The round eyes and lines in the outer corners are very typical Anderson.

The Broken Corpse
Story 4 1 page
The Elephant Who Loved Flowers!
Story 5 7 pages spy
Storyline

A press for printing hate and lies about the USA in papers in India is secretly hidden in a mosque and is revealed by a stampeding elephant.

Characters
  • T-Man Pete Trask
  • Chief Adams
  • Gertie (an elephant)
  • Count Volpu (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit based on Martin O'Hearn's description of Millard's writing tics. The face of Trask points to Anderson, but the very lively and crowded panels and some close up faces in side view look like Good.