When we left Midnight last week, our hero had just captured the fleeing Cyanide Cindy after her failed attempt to threaten her way to the Kandle Beauty Lotion Contest crown.
Having learned that his contestants were...ahh...motivated to not put their proverbial best feet forward, Kandle is persuaded to restart the contest. Though radio announcer Dave Clark has mysteriously disappeared, Midnight offers to pinch hit for him.
When word of the soon-to-be reprised contest gets out, Dame Kandle storms off proclaiming, "John Kandle doesn't know I'm here! Wait'll I ask him about these contest kiddies! The worm!"
Fifteen minutes later, the allotted prep time has come and gone but now both Mr. Kandle and Sniffer Snoop are missing! Midnight tells Mr. Perkins (the only remaining contest judge) to stay on site, and our hero makes a bee-line for a nearby tavern where he's sure he'll find the absent assessors of allurement.
He arrives to find a panicked Hotfoot "yipe-ing" and to see Cyanide Cindy and Lefty forcing some poor sap into a car. (You'd think they would've been handed over to the cops following their earlier assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation, but I guess not?!) So, naturally, Midnight has to subdue them a second time.
After quickly trussing up Cindy, we learn that her would-be victim was Sniffer Snoop. Sniffer informs Midnight that he was heading to the tavern with Kandle when the magnate suddenly disappeared. A moment later, Sniff Dogg says he heard a groan from the bushes, but before he could investigate he was seized by Cindy and Lefty. He leads Midnight to the scene of the crime where our hero discovers Kandle's corpse!
Sniffer races back to the contest fetches Perkins, Gabby, Wackey, and Mrs. Kandle. Then...the wild speculation starts. Sniffer is sure the "gangster woman" is guilty. Cindy protests that she's, "not strong enough to kill a man with a rabbit punch!" Though not necessarily on-board with Sniffer, Midnight notes that he's experienced Cindy's delicate fist one or twice...and it's plenty lethal!
Gabby interjects that obviously Mrs. Kandle is guilty party! "You should've heard the threats she made against her husband!" Midnight looks Dame Kandle over, pronouncing her "...just about strong enough to kill a man that way, too!" At this, the emotionally-distraught widow faints.
Mr. Perkins sweeps his erstwhile employer's widow up in his arms and begins carrying her to a first aid station. While Gabby and Sniffer are still busy arguing over which woman is the murderer, Midnight (in his best Columbo impression) asks Perkins, "Isn't Mrs. Kandle a bit heavy for you?"
When the slight man explains that adrenaline fuelled chivalry must've given him a momentary burst of strength, Midnight asks if Perkins might not mind rolling up his sleeves and showing off his ectomorphic frame. And then comes our "Big Reveal!"
Having learned that his contestants were...ahh...motivated to not put their proverbial best feet forward, Kandle is persuaded to restart the contest. Though radio announcer Dave Clark has mysteriously disappeared, Midnight offers to pinch hit for him.
When word of the soon-to-be reprised contest gets out, Dame Kandle storms off proclaiming, "John Kandle doesn't know I'm here! Wait'll I ask him about these contest kiddies! The worm!"
Fifteen minutes later, the allotted prep time has come and gone but now both Mr. Kandle and Sniffer Snoop are missing! Midnight tells Mr. Perkins (the only remaining contest judge) to stay on site, and our hero makes a bee-line for a nearby tavern where he's sure he'll find the absent assessors of allurement.
He arrives to find a panicked Hotfoot "yipe-ing" and to see Cyanide Cindy and Lefty forcing some poor sap into a car. (You'd think they would've been handed over to the cops following their earlier assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation, but I guess not?!) So, naturally, Midnight has to subdue them a second time.
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| Just another scene of the "non-powered" Midnight punching a dude hard enough to knock the door off a 1940s sedan. 😕 |
After quickly trussing up Cindy, we learn that her would-be victim was Sniffer Snoop. Sniffer informs Midnight that he was heading to the tavern with Kandle when the magnate suddenly disappeared. A moment later, Sniff Dogg says he heard a groan from the bushes, but before he could investigate he was seized by Cindy and Lefty. He leads Midnight to the scene of the crime where our hero discovers Kandle's corpse!
Sniffer races back to the contest fetches Perkins, Gabby, Wackey, and Mrs. Kandle. Then...the wild speculation starts. Sniffer is sure the "gangster woman" is guilty. Cindy protests that she's, "not strong enough to kill a man with a rabbit punch!" Though not necessarily on-board with Sniffer, Midnight notes that he's experienced Cindy's delicate fist one or twice...and it's plenty lethal!
Gabby interjects that obviously Mrs. Kandle is guilty party! "You should've heard the threats she made against her husband!" Midnight looks Dame Kandle over, pronouncing her "...just about strong enough to kill a man that way, too!" At this, the emotionally-distraught widow faints.
Mr. Perkins sweeps his erstwhile employer's widow up in his arms and begins carrying her to a first aid station. While Gabby and Sniffer are still busy arguing over which woman is the murderer, Midnight (in his best Columbo impression) asks Perkins, "Isn't Mrs. Kandle a bit heavy for you?"
When the slight man explains that adrenaline fuelled chivalry must've given him a momentary burst of strength, Midnight asks if Perkins might not mind rolling up his sleeves and showing off his ectomorphic frame. And then comes our "Big Reveal!"
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