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[Secret Agent X-9]. A discarded tool. "You're sure you've got 'The Top' on the wire? No mistake?"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Three-panel comic strip shows a seedy-looking man assuring a beautiful woman holding a gun that he has "The Top" on the wire. The woman says "Then we won't be needing you anymore --- " and shoots him. Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip created by William Randolph Hearst's King Features Syndicate in 1934 to compete with the popular strip Dick Tracy. Dashiell Hammet (creator of Sam Spade and other popular fictional detectives) and Alex Raymond (creator of Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim) collaborated on the new strip for the first year. Agent X-9 was a curious mix of mysterious agent and private detective. The first story dealt with X-9's efforts to find the master criminal known as "The Top." The episodes in which the evil Grace Powers casually shoots The Top's henchman are considered to be among the "high points" in Hammet's fiction. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Homicides--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Shooting--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
