Writer – E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Gill
Artist – Frank Springer

There is an aircraft created by the United States that can deliver a nuclear attack against any target anywhere in the world and it of course is being targeted by those nations with less than the best of intentions. Coming on board to help out E. Nelson Bridwell is Joe Gill in the story department with the former handling the overall story while the latter does dialogue and the first few pages of the book are packed with text. A lot of text. Thankfully, it is written well and the two men not only set up the plot for the issue, they reintroduce the cast for those that might be jumping on board with this book so they do not feel as if they have fallen behind. At first, the mission only called for three of the Six to participate, namely Dr. August Durant, Carlo Di Renzi and Lili De Neuve. They are to steal the plans for this experimental plane and deliver them to the enemy and then switch them at the last moment. As it is, the mission is a failure for when they are close to swiping the plans, they are discovered and more than that, the Russian agent has already been there before them. So it seems that plans now have to change and this is where the rest of the Secret Six come into play because now it will take every one of them to recover the plans and to make sure the Russian agent brings the fake ones back to his masters. All in all, as text-heavy as it might have been, this was a fun issue. Gill and Bridwell crafted an enjoyable little spy caper, something someone might have seen on Mission Impossible or some other similar type show that would have aired at the time of this book’s release. There are a couple of twists and turns, and seeing how the various characters tackle each situation makes things both amusing and sometimes exciting because one has no idea if they will be successful in their endeavours. By the time it all wraps up, it does so with a nice neat bow, the Six completing the mission and the Russian agent fumbling his with the cost a fatal one. Making this book look as good as it does is Frank Springer who does a fantastic job with the artwork, each page flowing seamlessly from one scene to the next. The men are manly and the women are beautiful while the action is thrilling. From the front cover to the back, this issue had everything one could want including the mystery of Mockingbird still under wraps.

4 out of 5