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CONFESSIONS OF A BLONDE PHANTOM

By Patrick Moore

On the radio she could hear the news about Debbie Sinclair, daughter to media millionaire, Bunny Sinclair, an actress who starred in five of the biggest films in Hollywood. Debbie was kidnapped while her parents went out for the evening. The servants were bound and gagged when they got home. There was a ransom note saying that they’ll get back the brat if her parents fork over $100,000 in unmarked bills.

The Blonde Phantom heard the news, and then she turned off the radio in her office. She sat at her desk on a summer day as she looked at the newspaper clippings of Bunny Sinclair at various movie premiers.

Just then, a teenage girl entered who looked like a female version of Jimmy Olsen from the Superman comics. She had freckles like Archie Andrew, and a nose for news. They called her Mindy Snoops, and she was the Blonde Phantom’s word on the street, so to speak.

“Boss, did you hear about the Sinclair kidnapping?” Mindy asked.

“Just heard it on the radio, Mindy,” replied the Blonde Phantom, as she got out of her chair as she walked towards Mindy. “It doesn’t add up to me.”

“What doesn’t, boss?” asked Mindy.

“Everything,” the Phantom replied. “The servants were bound and gagged when the parents got home. I’ve seen the Sinclair mansion in the papers, and they have tight security.”

“Do you think someone is a mole?” Mindy asked. “How did the kidnappers get past the guards?”

“You’re right about the mole,” replied the Phantom. “I’m going to the Sinclair mansion to talk to Bunny about what happened.”

The Blonde Phantom left, as she headed to her target.

A half hour later at the Sinclair mansion, Bunny and her husband were sitting on a couch, with Chief O’Hara and a few cops surrounding the mansion talking to the servants.

“Now tell me again about the kidnapping, Mrs. Sinclair?” O’Hara asked.

Bunny, a woman with long red hair, cried as she blew her nose into a handkerchief. “All I know was that the servants were tied up and gagged when me and my husband got back from dinner. I don’t know how they got in with all the guards outside the mansion?”

“A mole,” said a female voice.

Chief O’Hara turned to see the Blonde Phantom behind him. “Blonde Phantom, don’t do that! Could have given me a heart attack!”

“Sorry, Chief,” replied the Phantom. “I may not be Batman, but I know my ways.”

“What did you say about a mole?” O’Hara asked the Blonde Phantom.

“A couple of the kidnappers posed as servants for a few days just for the right moment to weave their plan into motion,” replied the Phantom. “The fake servants had their men tie them up with the real servants, so Debbie’s abduction would be real.”

“How did the kidnappers get past the guards?” O’Hara asked.

“Like the servants, a couple of goons posed as guards to let the kidnappers into the mansion,” replied Phantom, as she turned to Bunny. “Mrs. Sinclair, where did the kidnappers say to give the ransom money to?”

“The old Kirby warehouse at midnight,” she said.

The Blonde Phantom turned one of her eyes to a maid, as she left out the back door. Maybe to have a cigarette, or to warn the kidnappers.

“I think I better go, Mrs. Sinclair,” said the Blond Phantom, as she walked off.

“What was that all about?” asked Chief O’Hara, as one of the cops shrugged at him.

As the maid entered the Kirby warehouse, she saw about ten goons with Debbie Sinclair bound and gagged to a chair. Debbie, a thirteen year old girl, looked like her mother, as she mumbled through her cloth gag.

“Shut up, brat!” said the maid to Debbie, as she lit a cigarette on a long holder.

“What up, boss?” asked a goon.

“The brat’s parents hired the Blonde Phantom to save the little bitch, now we have to move the little snot somewhere else,” replied the maid, who was also the mastermind behind the kidnapping.

“What about the money?” said another goon.

“Forget the damn money!” shouted the maid. “Do you idiots want to be caught by the cops?!”

Just then, the glass ceiling of the warehouse shattered as the Blonde Phantom landed to the floor. “Why do bad guys always have the old warehouse as hideouts?” she smirked.

“Don’t just stand there, you idiots, get her!” snapped the maid, as the goons run towards the female detective.

“Don’t worry, kid, this won’t take long,” Blonde Phantom said to Debbie.

“Mmmghph,” muffled Debbie in agreement.

As the henchmen ran towards the Blonde Phantom to attack her, the blonde detective began punching and hitting the goons to the ground. One thug grabbed a wooden chair to hit her, but she spin-kicked the attacker to the ground as well.

With all the thugs knocked out, the Blonde Phantom looked to see the fake maid pointing a gun at Debbie’s head. “Don’t move, or the bratty bitch get it!”

Blonde Phantom glared at what she must do, but she smirked as she saw Debbie’s legs unbound.

“What are you smiling at?” spoke the maid, as Debbie kicked one of the maid’s legs, making her land on the floor. Blonde Phantom ran to the maid’s gun to grab it before the maid would get it.

“Thanks,” replied the Phantom, as Debbie smiled trough her gag.

Seconds later, the Phantom untied Debbie, and tied up the female mastermind. She heard police sirens coming here, as about five police cars stopped at the warehouse.

“Are you going to be okay?” Blonde Phantom asked Debbie.

“I’m fine, thanks to you, Blonde Phantom,” smirked Debbie, as she turned to see the Blonde Phantom was gone.

Bunny Sinclair and the police entered the warehouse as Bunny hugged her daughter. The police handcuffed the crooks, and took them away. On the rooftop, the Blonde Phantom smiled as she walked off to another adventure.

Author’s Note: I’m a big fan of classic radio pulp heroes like the Shadow, Captain Midnight, and the Green Hornet. I had this idea for a story set in Marvel’s pre-superhero era with the Blonde Phantom. Many readers of John Byrne’s She Hulk run remember that the former Blonde Phantom worked at She-Hulk’s law firm. She recently regained her youth in the pages of Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, that’s when I decided to bring this character back.

I recently read Kevin Smith’s version of the Green Hornet, and thought didn’t Now Comics do this with the son of Brit Reid donning the mantle of the Green Hornet. I still liked Smith’s take on the pulp hero.

This is my first project for Marvel Omega, and I hope everyone likes it.

Patrick Moore

3/19/10