The Hand

The Hand

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Real Name

"Pinkey" Findlen, "Thumb" Gaudrey, "Pointer" Trame, "Long Steve" Bydle and "Ring" Brescott

Current Alias

The Hand

Identity

Public

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

The Hand

Base Of Operations

New York City, Illinois

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Origin

Origin

Creators

Walter B. Gibson

First appearance

Death appearance

Shadow Magazine #150

Shadow Magazine #167

History

The Hand, were five crooks, five "fingers," who had worked together, then had turned to lone-wolf methods. Masters of many rackets, they had separated to build up their individual organizations. One by one, starting from the little "finger," The Shadow had finished their criminal careers.

Members:

• "Pinkey Findlen went in for blackmail. He was fool enough to stay in New York, and The Shadow got him.
• "Ring" Brescott was a murder specialist, in Philadelphia. He went too strong with it; The Shadow finished him.
• "Long Steve" Bydle had a racket out in Chicago, murder for insurance profit. But The Shadow came to town and ended it, along with Steve.
• "Pointer" Trame sunk cargo ships. The Shadow sunk him.
• "Thumb" Gaudrey kidnapped millionaires and a beautiful heiress. The Shadow went south, and so did Gaudrey -- in a hail of bullets.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of The Hand
• Character Gallery: The Hand
• Quotations by The Hand
• Images that include The Hand