Creature with the Atom Brain Page #2

shouldn't happen to your doll.

She married a con man.

That's not the kind of

a story to tell kids.

- Hi, Penny.

- Hello, Daddy.

Hurry up, Penny. You'll be late for school.

Come on.

Atta girl. Goodbye now.

Goodbye, Daddy.

- Goodbye, Uncle Dave.

- Have fun, Penny.

That's the story of a cop's life.

"Hello, Daddy. Goodbye, Daddy."

What's up?

You'd better sit down first.

I just came from the Bureau.

They checked the murderer's fingerprints.

His name is Willard Pearce.

They let me have it from the files.

Petty theft, fraud, three months in prison,

tubercular...

How could a tubercular man have strength

enough to break those bars like that?

You think that's something?

Answer this one.

How could a dead man have strength

enough to do it?

Deceased?

Yeah, and I used to think

Scrabble was tough.

When did he die?

Well, according to that, 24 days ago.

Oh, that doesn't make sense.

You're the smart one.

If it doesn't make sense to you,

imagine how it sounds to me.

Have they got a file on this guy?

Yes, I copied it.

"Died of asphyxiation

on the 22nd of last month.

"Body delivered to the city morgue.

"Copy of coroner's report was attached."

Have you checked with the morgue?

I got two of the boys doing it now.

Does MacGraw know?

I called him at his home.

He told us to meet him at his office.

Hello.

Oh, yes, he's here.

For you, Dave.

Yes? Be right over.

Remember that cylinder we took

out of Hennessy's Dictaphone?

- Yeah.

- Like to hear it?

- Sure.

- Come on.

Bye, Penny.

- Now perhaps we can all relax for a little...

- Bye, honey.

- Call you later.

- Chet, you didn't have breakfast.

- Nope.

- Chet, it's not healthy to...

Goodbye, Joyce.

What are you doing in here?

I'm from Buchanan.

If you know that, you know why I'm here.

It's no use, MacGraw.

I said I would live to see you die.

I am watching you now.

Come back home. Come home.

Come back home.

Mary, for deposit tomorrow.

142 one hundred-dollar bills,

100 fifty-dollar bills,

the rest five, 10...

I told you I'd come back.

That's when the Dictaphone was

knocked out of his hand or he dropped it.

Anyone recognize that voice?

I do and I don't.

I just got a feeling that

I've heard it before.

Well, it'd be hard to place it anyway,

but the killer's voice sounded

more mechanical than Hennessy's.

- Did you notice it?

- Yes, it's like a...

Like a recording of a recording.

"I told you I'd come back."

Not much to tie onto there.

Well, could've been some big loser

who swore to get even

or some gambler he rousted around.

Anyone and anything.

Anyway, there's no doubt that he bent

the bars and came in through the window.

We could hear the sound

of the glass crashing.

Listen, MacGraw must be

waiting for us now.

Yeah.

Oh, but if that's the D.A.,

tell him we're on the way up.

Hello. Yeah.

MacGraw?

MacGraw was found in his garage,

murdered.

I'll meet you down there.

I want to pick up some equipment first.

Okay.

Looks like the same job

pulled on Hennessy.

- Did you find any prints?

- Plenty.

I asked the Bureau to call me here

as soon as they get a line on them.

- How long has he been dead?

- About an hour.

It must have happened just as he was

getting ready to go to the office.

Who found him?

His wife. She's in the house now.

I had to give her a sedative.

Take him away, boys.

Captain Harris, I can't figure this one.

His jaw's broken. Neck, too.

It wasn't a weapon.

The bruises look to me

as though they'd been done by a fist.

But MacGraw was a husky guy.

I've never seen a case where a man's neck

was broken by the sheer force of a grip.

Why should anyone want to kill MacGraw?

Well, he was a district attorney.

A lot of guys must have hated his guts.

MacGraw's enemies were usually

friends of Hennessy's,

and yet they were both killed

in the same way and by the same person

or thing.

Thing?

How about a statement, Captain Harris?

About time we had something official.

As soon as we have

something to say, we'll say it.

Do you tie up MacGraw's murder

with the Hennessy murder?

Not until we know more about it.

You're wanted on the phone, Captain.

It's in the house.

Geiger counter?

I want to check the car

for radioactive emanations.

Emanations?

Say, Dr. Walker, didn't you find

radioactivity in the Hennessy killing?

Well, then that would connect

the two murders, wouldn't it?

Well, yes and no.

It's not a conclusive fact.

Just an approach.

That story you gave us last night

about a creature charged with atom rays,

-it's on the level then, huh?

- I told you it was.

Hey, we had a scoop and didn't know it.

Let's get out of here.

It was the Bureau.

The prints belong to a Vernon Dunn.

He died a few weeks ago.

And that's not all. Get this.

The boys just checked the morgue.

Eight bodies have disappeared.

Call the inspector and tell him I want

to talk to him as soon as possible.

And ask him to have the Mayor there

and the commanding general

of this military area.

General?

We're going to need all the cooperation

we can get on this one.

How do you do, ladies and gentlemen?

This is Dick Cutting

with today's commentary on the news.

Well, as you know, today's big story

hinges around the killing

of District Attorney MacGraw,

whose body was found today in his garage,

murdered in much the same manner

as Hennessy was.

What connection the murder of MacGraw

can possibly have with Hennessy,

a gangland boss,

is unknown at present.

Dr. Chet Walker of the police laboratory

has given out a fantastic story,

so incredible that one can

lend it little credence.

Dr. Walker is of the opinion those crimes

are being perpetrated by dead men.

Yes, I said dead men,

restored to life in some unknown manner

by being charged with atom rays,

which give them superhuman strength

and makes them impervious to bullets.

Well, if you want to believe that story,

you can...

This Walker must be a pretty smart cookie.

He has imagination.

The kind of imagination

that may prove dangerous to us.

You mean the kind of imagination

that could prove dangerous to him.

About time to feed them, isn't it?

Hello, Walker. Captain. Mayor Bremer.

General Saunders.

This is Captain Harris and Dr. Walker.

Walker's in charge of our lab.

I hope, Dr. Walker,

you've called us here to assure us

the stories about dead men walking

our streets is only a hoax.

I wish they were.

What did you find out about those bodies

stolen from the morgue?

Well, according to the records,

they were to be cremated.

They were placed in coffins

and delivered to the city crematory.

May I ask how this concerns me?

You can be of great help to us, General,

as I'll explain in a moment.

But first, I'd like to give you and the

Mayor a picture of what's been taking place

so that you can understand exactly

what we're up against.

Couldn't those bodies have been stolen

by some of those creatures

on or before arrival?

Well, they could've. But that wouldn't

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