(Thrilling Comics 006, 1940)
The Central Art Museum has a problem: a cloaked figure who creeps through the halls at night, murdering the guards and making off with their bodies. To make things worse, the investigation is being led by the boorish Inspector Cavanaugh, the Woman in Red's new and very annoying comic foil, who I regret to inform you is a permanent addition to her cast.
But speaking of the Woman in Red, she is also on the case. As Peggy Allen, she works as secretary to the museum director Dr Grier while patrolling the museum at night in her costumed identity... while Cavanaugh gets in the way to the extent that he prevents her from saving the Black Terror's second victim.
It's not a particular surprise when the Black Terror turns out to be the assistant museum director, Mr Tyler, as the story has only two real suspects, him and Dr Grier. Tyler turns out to have adopted the Black Terror persona in order to cover for some jewel thefts that nobody had actually cottoned on to yet - I can only conclude that he had the (fairly elaborate) costume ready to go and was just looking for an excuse, because this is definitely the kind of crime that isn't helped by a series of high-profile murders.
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