Kensington Slade was an investigator who specialized in dealing with weird phenomena. Slade and his assistant Mike were asked by Jane Edmonds, niece and sole heir of the recently deceased newspaper tycoon Madison Hawkes, to investigate Vaux Manor, which she believed to be haunted by a howling ghost. However, the “Howling Beast” in fact had followed Jane to Slade’s office, and even though Kensington was a crack shot the creature seemed unfazed by the two hits from Slade’s gun as it escaped. Slade and Mike agreed to take the case. Slade mentioned to Jane that he knew her uncle quite well. Mr. Hawke even gave the investigator a rare gold coin from his personal collection. After taking the case, Mike and Slade headed straight for Vaux Manor. They discovered that behind a secret panel someone had hidden Madison Hawke’s rare coin collection. After their discovery, the duo was confronted by the Howling Beast who, after making threats, proceeded to run away. As they tried to follow, a flash fire broke out, forcing both the beast and the investigators out of the manor. From the roof of the manor, Slade saw the Howler trip. Slade lept from a tree to apprehend the villain. Jane and a police officer arrived as Slade unmasked the villain as Dahlgren, the trustee of Madison Hawke’s estate. Slade deduced that Dahlgren, a former movie stunt man, fooled Jane and anyone she tried to hire, to think her uncle’s house was haunted, so he could steal the coin collection. Note: The story from Dynamic Comics #1 was reprinted by St. John in Strange Terrors #1, Crime Reporter #2, and Authentic Police Cases #8. Lucky Coyne was re-named and re-colored in each reprint as Kensington Slade, Rocky Stone, and Jinx Jordan, respectively.
Description Kensington Slade was an investigator who specialized in dealing with weird phenomena. Slade and his assistant Mike were asked by Jane Edmonds, niece and sole heir of the recently deceased newspaper tycoon Madison Hawkes, to investigate Vaux Manor, which she believed to be haunted by a howling ghost. However, the “Howling Beast” in fact had followed Jane to Slade’s office, and even though Kensington was a crack shot the creature seemed unfazed by the two hits from Slade’s gun as it escaped. Slade and Mike agreed to take the case. Slade mentioned to Jane that he knew her uncle quite well. Mr. Hawke even gave the investigator a rare gold coin from his personal collection. After taking the case, Mike and Slade headed straight for Vaux Manor. They discovered that behind a secret panel someone had hidden Madison Hawke’s rare coin collection. After their discovery, the duo was confronted by the Howling Beast who, after making threats, proceeded to run away. As they tried to follow, a flash fire broke out, forcing both the beast and the investigators out of the manor. From the roof of the manor, Slade saw the Howler trip. Slade lept from a tree to apprehend the villain. Jane and a police officer arrived as Slade unmasked the villain as Dahlgren, the trustee of Madison Hawke’s estate. Slade deduced that Dahlgren, a former movie stunt man, fooled Jane and anyone she tried to hire, to think her uncle’s house was haunted, so he could steal the coin collection. Note: The story from Dynamic Comics #1 was reprinted by St. John in Strange Terrors #1, Crime Reporter #2, and Authentic Police Cases #8. Lucky Coyne was re-named and re-colored in each reprint as Kensington Slade, Rocky Stone, and Jinx Jordan, respectively.
