(Daring Mystery Comics 006, 1940)
There's not much substance to the Legion of the Doomed, but there's a lot of cool ideas, so lets knock them out.
a) a weird figure imposes a baby on a couple dwelling in haunted hill country. The baby, it is later revealed, cries with the voice of a man.
b) subsequently, a killer begins stalking the streets of a nearby city, probably New York. Panic ensues! The Fiery Mask is on the prowl.
c) somewhat unsurprisingly, the killer and the baby turn out to be one and the same! There's a missed opportunity for more creepy adult-acting baby, one of my favourite comics tropes. The Fiery Mask witnesses this transformation and manages to stop the next murder...
d) ... and pursues the killer back to whatever level of Comic Book Hell they came from. The Legion of the Doomed are slain! The city is safe! No questions have been answered:
Why do these killings? Not sure.
Why the whole ruse with the baby? No idea.
Has the Legion of the Doomed actually been stopped? Not saying.
Which actually opens the possibility of these guys being BRUNG BACK. I mean, supernatural killers are a dime a dozen, but these guys bring a creepy baby to the mix, plus they're very easy to kill. Say they're on some sort of ~80-year sacrifice cycle and you're good to go. And it's a perfect chance to bring the current Fiery Mask out of limbo!
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