THE DEVIL’S TIGER
An article by Moxie Donovan in The Daily Star says
that Commissioner Weston will not discuss the so-called “Green Claw Deaths”
that have occurred in recent months, and that several private criminologists have
been called in, including Anton Chadeaux, aka Dr. Shadows. When Dr. Shadows
began fighting crime, he thought Clark Savage’s whole attitude toward publicity
for himself was missing a chance to reach many more people. Traveling to the
Philippines, Dr. Shadows and his comrade Slugger Harris have lunch with a
detective acquaintance, Jo Gar, who gets them tickets to a baseball game. Dr.
Shadows, using a device to short out the lights in his foe the White Tiger’s
headquarters, hopes that Mr. Roberts is the electrical whiz he says he is. He
later states that George Chance, Ardini, or Dr. Pali could outdo a trick
performed by the White Tiger, but it did have a flawless setup and execution.
Dr. Shadows speculates that maybe in time Andy Mayfair or his boss will find a
way to synthesize clay used by the White Tiger as an explosive, so that it can
be used instead against the Japanese.
Short story by Teel James Glenn in Shadows of New
York: The Mysterious Adventures of Dr. Shadows, BooksForABuck.com, 2011. Daily
Star reporter Moxie Donovan has been featured in two short story collections
by Glenn, Deadline Zombies: The Adventures of Maxi and Moxie and Headline
Ghouls: The Further Adventures of Maxi and Moxie. Commissioner Ralph Weston
is from the Shadow novels. Electrical expert Major Thomas J. “Long Tom” Roberts
is one of Clark “Doc” Savage’s five aides, as is Lt. Col. Andrew Blodgett
“Monk” Mayfair. Spanish-Filipino detective Jo Gar appeared in stories by “Ramon
Decolta” (Raoul Whitfield) in Black Mask. George Chance is the alter ego
of G.T. Fleming-Roberts’ pulp hero the Ghost (aka the Green Ghost.) Ardini is a
magician-cum-detective who appears in Walter Gibson’s novel A Blonde for
Murder. Dr. Pali is a false identity assumed by “Richard Foster’s” (Kendell
Crossen) pulp hero the Green Lama.
Is this Jo Gar's first connection to the CU? He's been mentioned in various Wold Newton essays, but I think this is his first crossover.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is. I haven't come across any other crossover references to him.
ReplyDeleteI thought so.
ReplyDeleteAnother great find, Sean! Actually, a whole series of great finds in one story, it seems :-)
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