By April 1964 Black
Axe fantasy tale had evolved from an old-style picture story into a
regular strip with speech balloons, which IMHO was an improvement.
In search for a new
job, globe-trotters Mighty McGinty and his two pals arrive at a small port on the
coast of South America and are attacked by a gang of seamen. The
fighting three don’t even bother to ask why they are being attacked and take it
as an opportunity to get rid of all that surplus energy that they have in abundance. For the duration of
its appearance in BUSTER the strip was given the prime slot on pages two and
three.
Ousted by Mighty McGinty, Maxwell Hawke retreated
to page four for a while.
The cover of the last
issue of the month featured Jeff Craig Detective. The title of
that week’s complete mystery thriller was Jeff Craig Detective and the Bogus Bodyguard.
These covers are superb and, in my estimation, far more appealing than many modern-day comic covers. I wasn't buying Buster at this time so I really shouldn't mind not having these particular issues, but you know Something? I DO!
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