Comic Cavalcade #5 is an issue of the series Comic Cavalcade (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1943.
Appearing in Wonder Woman: "Mystery of the Crimson Flame"
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Supporting Characters:
- U.S. Army Intelligence Service
- Holliday Girls
Antagonists:
- Cult of the Crimson Flame
- High Priestess Zara (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Senator Armstrong (Behind the scenes) (Single appearance)
- Helene Armstrong (Single appearance)
- Santa Claus (Cover Only)
Locations:
- United States of America
- Saudi Arabia
- Temple of the Crimson Flame
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Synopsis for Wonder Woman: "Mystery of the Crimson Flame"
Helene Armstrong, daughter of an important Senator, becomes entangled in a new faith known as The Cult of the Crimson Flame. When the Senator denounces the Cult, he - like all of its previous opponents - falls ill from a supposed curse. Scared and desperate, Helene approaches the Army Intelligence Service and begs Diana and Steve to investigate.
Soon after investigation begins, Helene disappears; meanwhile, Diana and Steve find themselves beset by threatening messages from the Cult. When these messages fail to intimidate, the Cult's high priestess Zara kidnaps Diana and smuggles her into the Cult's local meetinghouse for execution. Upon arrival, however, Diana surreptitiously changes into Wonder Woman and violently scatters her would-be killers.
Unfortunately, the Amazon Princess fails to capture Zara, who escapes through the meetinghouse's tunnel network with Helene as a captive. By the time Wonder Woman has finished searching the tunnels, Zara has already fled the United States with Helene; undaunted, Wonder Woman, Steve, and the Holliday Girls launch an invasion on the Cult's headquarters in the Arabian Desert. Though they fight well, the makeshift legion is soon captured, and Wonder Woman herself fitted with shackles designed to burn off her limbs if forced.
Now overconfident, Zara prepares to force all her captives into the Cult, on pain of death. However, a split-second oversight allows Steve to steal the shackle keys and free Wonder Woman, who quickly binds Zara with the Lasso of Truth. Under the Lasso's power, Zara confesses the Cult's "curse" is only chemistry-assisted showmanship, which generates a nocebo effect on selected victims. Once the Cult has been exposed and detained, and its captives freed, all of these victims swiftly return to health.
Appearing in Green Lantern: "Hold on to Your Hat"
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Antagonists:
- A female criminal personificating Mme. Modiste
- Bombast (Single appearance)
- thugs
Other Characters:
- Mme. Modiste (male fashion designer)
Locations:
- Lavaliere Bar
- Mme. Modiste's shoppe
- Manhattan
- Gramercy Park
- Chez Chic chapeau
- Gramercy Park
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Synopsis for Green Lantern: "Hold on to Your Hat"
In a bar fight, Doiby Dickles accidentaly exchanges his derby with that of a criminal nicknamed Bombast.
Appearing in Flash: "The Plant that Challenged the World"
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Synopsis for Flash: "The Plant that Challenged the World"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in Sargon: "Curious Case of the Missing Magic"
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Synopsis for Sargon: "Curious Case of the Missing Magic"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "The Mystery of the Crimson Flame" was reprinted in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus, Vol 1.
Trivia
- Green Lantern recites Hal Jordan's oath to recharge his ring in this issue, although Hal Jordan has yet to make his comic debut.
- Thugs knock Green Lantern out with wooden clubs, but it is not explicit that wood is his only weakness, just is commented that he is not impervious to it. In this point of time, any non-metal objects could hurt Green Lantern, not only wood. In fact, a woman manages to wound him by biting his hand. Wood begins to be depicted as the only weakness of Green Lantern in Green Lantern Vol 1 10.
See Also
- Discuss Comic Cavalcade Vol 1 5 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Comic Cavalcade series
- Images from Comic Cavalcade Vol 1 5
Recommended Reading
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