April 16: "Etta Kett" is riffing on the severe postwar housing shortage, as her latest boyfriend has just "sold" Etta's dad's home to someone desperate for housing. A battle for the house ensues.Note in "Myrtle" (DD's favorite of these 4) that the grocer is home-delivering groceries!
April 17: Brick unveils his secret weapon in a bold gambit to defeat the generously bearded Grog. Though a futuristic space guy, Brick uses a 1940s mike.
Myrtle's aunt Minnie swoons over her soda-jerk squeeze "Slug," and hopes he'll pop the question. Presumably their son would be Slug Jr. Or Slug II.
BONUS COMIC: an April 17 editorial comic about the housing shortage for returning GIs. Grog reappears in a top hat with a sardonic comment about the atom bomb tests. DD has no idea what "glass eggs" are or why they would be in a feed store.
April 18: Myrtle is forgetful. Secret Agent X-9 channels Dashiell Hammett in panel 1. Brick's device is emitting a strange dark ray and Grog is revealed as slump-shouldered and portly. Not the most intimidating nemesis.
BONUS AD: Detroit Edison discusses their ongoing farm electrification project, intimating that not all area farms had electricity in 1946 (!)
BONUS GARDENING EXHORTATION: Try Celtuce! You'll love it!
April 19: Myrtle has an agnostic dog. Brick lays down the Science: "This box is simply reversing the process of the incandescent bulb," an operation Dusty D does every night at bedtime. Secret Agent X-9's sidekick is too busy making cookies to keep track of their quarry.
April 20: Confronted in the soda shop, Etta's friend confesses he spent the fraudulent "deposit" he got for Etta's house. Nice friend. Secret Agent X-9's sidekick is going off the deep end. Brick remembered to put triple A batteries in his goggles. And we end on a high note with the best Myrtle yet.
That's a week's worth--hope you enjoyed 'em!
