Well… all the gains Goodwin’s made on Corrigan’s writing get flushed this story. Some of it may be Williamson’s fault, but not exactly. He does a great job; it’s just too bad he’s illustrating the dumbest content on the strip since he and Goodwin started.
Mrs. Murkley—not a character who needed to return—is back and she’s beating in heads with her cane as she breaks out of prison. She actually stops to think about how all she needs is her cane and she’d be able to knock sense into her accomplices. It reminds me of the “Batman” TV show. This evil old lady, who looks like Dame Edna—right down to the glasses—is the villain.
Except the masked Leader, whose secret identity is so secret, the reader doesn’t even need to discover it.
It’s terrible storytelling. Great art though. Lots of claustrophobic action.
But dreadful.
CREDITS
Writer, Archie Goodwin; artist, Al Williamson; publisher, King Features.
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