Doc Savage (DC Comics) Vol 1 17

"Uneasy Allies"

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Doc Savage (DC Comics) Vol 1 #17
February, 1990

Cover Artists

Eduardo Barreto, Andy Kubert

Writers

Gerard Jones, Mike W. Barr

Pencilers

Rod Whigham, Eduardo Barreto

Inkers

Eduardo Barreto

Colourists

Anthony Tollin

Letterers

David Cody Weiss

Editors

Brian Augustyn, Jon Peterson

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"Mercy bullets" are a contradiction in terms! My operatives must be prepared to take the lives of those who would take theirs!

--The Shadow

Appearing in "Uneasy Allies"

Featured Characters:

• The Shadow (Kent Allard)
• Doc Savage

Supporting Characters:

• The Shadow's Agents:

• Hawkeye
• Margo Lane
• Shrevvy
• Harry Vincent

• The Fabulous Five:

• Theodore "Ham" Brooks (now disguised as "Al Ombra")
• Monk Mayfair
• Renny

Villains:

• Johnny Malone (dies)
• Nails Monahan (dies)

Other Characters:

• Vivian Roy
• Prof. Ishmael Roy

Locations:

• New York City

• Empire State Building
• The Pink Rat

• Upstate New York

• Crime College

• Long Island

Items:

• A Ray Gun

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Uneasy Allies"

RECAP from part one: When a gangster kidnaps a scientist, who's invented a special detonator "ray" gun, the scientist's daughter enlists the help of Doc Savage and his crew. However, unknown to Doc, The Shadow was already on the case as a disguised gangster named "Al Ombra." When the two met, Doc knocked out the disguised Shadow and took him back to his Crime College to operate on his brain.

PART TWO: As three of the Shadow's agents break into Doc's Crime College to rescue their chief, the unconscious (and still disguised) Shadow wakes up in time before Doc's scalpel pierces his skull. A confrontation ensues in the operating room between the two heroes, while the Shadow's agents enter the compound and take down Doc's Fabulous Five. A "cease fighting" is called out and the two teams compare notes and realize they're both investigating the same kidnapping case. They agree to team up and swap some agents.

Doc heads off with three Shadow agents, and Renny, to a warehouse in order to thwart the gangster who kidnapped the scientist. There, they rescue the scientist who then informes them that his daughter has been captured by the hoodlum, Johnny Malone.

Meanwhile, the Shadow sneaks into Johnny's office to find out who is the ringleader behind the kidnapping. Johnny and his head henchmen step inside the same room where the Shadow is hiding and make some phone calls. Outside the building, several masked men storm the area with their machine guns firing. It's a hit. Johnny is shot, as are several members of his gang. The Shadow leaps out of the darkness, fires a few rounds, and makes his escape.

Some minutes later, Doc Savage approaches Johnny's building. He quickly notices the carnage all around and a strange symbol scrawled on the wall, as if it were a calling card to a meeting place.

To be continued in Shadow Strikes (DC Comics) #6.

Notes

• This is part two of four of a crossover novel titled The Conflagration Man.

• Shadow Strikes (DC Comics) #5.
• Doc Savage (DC Comics) #17.
• Shadow Strikes (DC Comics) #6.
• Doc Savage (DC Comics) #18.
  

Trivia

• Long Tom and Johnny are mentioned, but are not in the issue as they are "outta the country."

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