(More Fun Comics 063, 1941)
I'm just as guilty as I was with the Jungle Scientist of being immediately seduced by the subject's name as presented in the title of the story. The Man Who Was Dead - a terrific name if I've ever seen one. Pure bonus points to the guy for being a weird little imp about it.
The Man Who Was Dead of course escapes from police custody and so the Radio Squad here are forced to follow up on their only clue: a cufflink with some weird writing on it which they of course take to a university History Department and of course discover that the Man Who Was Dead is in fact History Professor Greene, who recently had a nervous breakdown. Also there is a sinister Indian gentleman named Professor Silna.
It all comes to a head in an abandoned house on the edge of town, in which Silna is of course revealed to have drugged and hypnotized Greene into an obedient and invulnerable servant using his Ancient Hindu Magicks. Silna realizes too late that he should have made himself immune to gunfire as well, as he is gunned down by Radio Squad member Sandy Kean. Greene gets to heal from the tremendous amount of abuse his body endured while under Silna's control and all the loot gets returned - a happy ending for all!
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