Thursday, March 13, 2025

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 742: THE VOICE

(Smash Comics 007, 1940)


The Voice! A classic and popular alter ego for a reason - all you need is to be heard more than you are seen and you have yourself a gimmick, and if you have some sort of voice-based super power, well that's a real bonus. In this case, the Voice is a mysterious figure who has kidnapped Lola Barnes, daughter of wealthy gem collector Sir Sidney Barnes. The Voice demands 100 000 pounds and the Red Star Diamond in return for Lola's safe return and of course Captain Cook of Scotland Yard is brought in on the case.


The Voice turns out to be Sir Sidney's otherwise-unnamed servant, who seeks to recover the diamond because it was once owned by his ancestors, with the hundred grand as a sweet bonus. But how just is his quest? was the gem sold? stolen? Is this a case of colonialist injustice driving a man to the edge or is it just the scion of a formerly wealthy family taking a shortcut back to his perceived natural station? We will never know, because the Voice is a bad driver and dies while attempting to escape with the swag.

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