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"The Mystery of the Missing Baby Doll": Green Lantern suddenly goes on a robbery spree, stealing children's dolls. When confronted about it by Doiby, he tells the truth behind the story: he's been in pursuit of the criminal mastermind Kid Triangle (so named because of a distinctive white triangu

Green Lantern #17 is an issue of the series Green Lantern (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1945.

Synopsis for "The Mystery of the Missing Baby Doll"

Green Lantern suddenly goes on a robbery spree, stealing children's dolls. When confronted about it by Doiby, he tells the truth behind the story: he's been in pursuit of the criminal mastermind Kid Triangle (so named because of a distinctive white triangular patch in his hair). Kid Triangle warned him a doll laden with explosives had been sent to a kid somewhere in town, and Green Lantern's been stealing them all trying to prevent any casualties. The emerald crusader comes up with a different plan, and has Doiby pose as a rajah who sent out a doll that secretly contains a large cash reward, to get kids from all over town to bring their dolls to the meeting hall. Kid Triangle shows up, admitting to his henchman that there never was an exploding doll. However, his own daughter's doll proves to have a large amount of money hidden in it, the hiding place for the loot from his robberies.

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  • Kid Triangle
    • his gang

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  • Chalmers, butler

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Synopsis for "Saturn Muscles In"

While out for an evening walk, Alan Scott and Doiby Dickles see a strange sign directing them to "Saturn". Curious, they follow the indicated direction and see a door bearing that name. The pair of heroes are shocked when it's answered by a devil. Alan quickly switches to Green Lantern, but the two battling heroes are rebuked by the establishment's owner. It's an eccentric and very exclusive nightclub, and that's all. Unconvinced, Green Lantern follows the one group of attendees as they leave, and is told by the head of the family, Mrs. Van Vamp, that something just as sinister as the staff members is going on.

She and others were abducted to "Saturn", full of roaring flames and frolicking devils, and forced to pay large amounts of blackmail or face death. Soon Green Lantern checks up on Van Vamp again, finding her dead as a warning to traitors like her. He and Doiby are caught and taken to Saturn themselves, but manage to escape, and while fighting the devils, they bust up the place so bad they see the den of fiends was achieved through special effects in a normal building. The devils were just crooks in costumes, and the racket's kidnapped victims were forced to pose as the club's waiters and cooks. Mrs. Van Vamp herself was the mastermind, having faked her death to divert suspicion.

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  • gang of crooks, disguised as devils

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  • kidnap victims: Mrs. Van Vamp, others

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Synopsis for "Quirt Vs. Culture"

Gang boss Quinsey "Heel" Quirt is dejected because, despite a long and successful criminal career, he feels he has no culture. His loyal underlings steal a book of famous sayings to help him feel more cultured. This gives Quirt wild ideas for new crimes based on cliched sayings. Like "bull in a china shop", where they turn an actual bull loose in an actual china shop, then steal the most valuable pieces out of the clerk's hands when he runs out of the store trying to save them. The rampaging bull happens to crash into Goitrude, bringing the gang to Doiby's attention, and all the noise his damaged cab makes brings them to Green Lantern's attention next. Quirt tries to steal aged brandy, bond printing plates, and a library book about gem cutters, which gives Green Lantern the clue he needs to figure out where Quirt's going to strike next: the theft of a giant uncut sapphire. Quirt was trying to steal "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue".

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  • Quincy "Heel" Quirt
    • his gang: Tony, Bad-Eye, others

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