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SummaryManhattan, 1953. Hal Rapp's Tall Paul, one of
America's most popular comic strips, is now a Broadway
musical, infuriating Rapp's longtime rival Sam Fizer,
creator of the once-beloved boxing strip Mug O'Malley.
Adding insult to injury is the casting of Misty Winters,
Fizer's wife, as one of Rapp's hillbilly gals sashaying
across the Great White Way. Then Fizer is found dead, his
apparent suicide actually an obvious homicidewith all
evidence pointing to Rapp.
Starr Syndicate has distribution deals with both
cartoonists, which added fuel to the fire between them, but
Jack and Maggie believe Rapp's been framed. Between loan
sharks, jealous husbands, bitter artists, and Fizer's
widowwho has taken a romantic interest in
Jackthere are more colorful characters with murderous
motives than in a month of Sunday funnies...
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