Several of Jonathan Barkley’s neighbors claimed that at exactly 7:16 PM they heard a terrible scream emenating [sic] from Barkley’s library, but, of course, they had no way of knowing who had screamed or what had caused the frightful outcry.

“Hello, howard!”

—”Johnathan! No! No! AAAagh!”

The End

Panel from Crime Detector #5 (September 1954). Art by Jay Disbrow.