Fred Guardineer - Manhunt 3 - Space Ace pg 3

Man. Do you want kitsch?? This whole story has it! This is page 3 of the Space Ace story that appeared in Magazine Enterprises' Manhunt #3 cover-dated Dec 1947. Manhunt was an anthology title that featured detectives (Inspector Kirk of Scotland Yard, Jim Fallon of the FBI, Red Fox of the RCMP by LB Cole), spies (Undercover Girl by Ogden Whitney), and pseudo-superhero (Funnyman by Siegle and Shuster). Also included was Jet Black (what a name), the Space Ace, with his youthful companion, Jak Tal.

This story has art by Fred Guardineer and contains a little of everything. The first panel is one of those panels that must have brought the comics code into existence... a pile of bodies bleeding from wounds. Plus, bubble helmets, thieves, rayguns, and scantily clad women with stars on their bras...