Bulletman #15 (1946)

The diminutive, but strong Prof. D has convinced the world that he died and now he intends to group with other criminals like honest men and will create schemes to sell for top dollar, crushing a few books in his hands. He soon heads to Spiffany's, the largest jewelry store in town and requests to see a string of black pearls. He holds up the clerk who brings them out, but the clerk steps on a silent alarm, sealing the doors. Lt. Kent is sent immediate word and Jim and Susan change into the Bullets to investigate. Bulletgirl immediately and correctly assumes that Prof. D is involved, despite him falling to his death months ago. Instead, Prof. D rips loose the bolt that secures the door shut and rips open the gate to run out. The clerk tells the Bullets what happened when they arrive. They manage to quickly find Prof. D in a car and drag him out into the sky, warning the police that he's incredibly strong, so they lock him in a specialized cell that's got high voltage going through it. Jim and Susan think on how odd it is that Prof. D walked essentially into this trap as Prof. D realizes they turn off the power to bring him his food and easily disarms his guard. He starts to tear loose every cell door, having the goons meet him at Parker's Barn on the Mill Road, kicking the doors loose and wreaking havoc across town. Bulletman and Bulletgirl soon get word that Prof. D has arrived and they soon find Parker's Barn. Bulletman manages to knock out one of the guards and finds Prof. D running a FOC, Federation of Crime, which will essentially buy plans off of him for a 50:50 split, but the Bullets fire in and lasso most of the goons together. Prof. D escapes by flinging a plow and two hay bales at them until the goons manage to overtake them. Prof. D says now they can start their big plan of stealing industrial diamonds from every nearby factory, corner the diamond market and then bootleg diamonds out at inflated prices. With the Bullets in his cellar, they wait around for about two days. Lt. Kent gets flak from his superiors that he isn't getting results yet. They find their food is wrapped in the Daily Blah and that Prof. D's gang is interrupting reconstruction from the War. They go about a similar tactic of waiting for their food to be brought to them and knock out their guards, then steal their clothes. Prof. D tells the FOC how his latest plan is to crack the Acme Tool Plant and sneak out. They fire off to the Acme Plant and find that it has a turntable bridge to it, so they trap the gangsters on it once they're across it, though Prof. D still manages to get through. They set off dynamite underneath themselves and ride the shockwave to tackle Prof. D in the back. Prof. D tries to find his bag of diamonds without his glasses and gets his hand caught in some kind of machinery “full of whirling knives” that quickly rips him to pieces. Later, the rest of the FOC is arrested and Lt. Kent thanks the Bullets.