Number 1851: Samson punked by Nazi saboteurs!

Samson, like his Biblical counterpart, gets his strength from his long hair. Here he is shorn of his locks and yet still manages to battle on. His haircut doesn’t last long, as he is able to grow his hair at will. A nifty trick.

This Samson is from Fox Comics, and this story is from Big 3 #4 (1941). It appeared several months before actual hostilities were declared between the Americans and Germans. In this fast-moving tale the Nazis are already up to their sabotage business at the direction of pinpoint-eyed Johann Sanf, who also involves an American mayor in the plot.

Credit for the drawing is given by the GCD to Pierce Rice, with inking probably done by Arturo Cazeneuve, both journeymen from the early days of comic books.

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