Secret Agent X-9. What did you hear Powers say before he died?"" – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Secret Agent X-9. What did you hear Powers say before he died?"", preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The panel's caption asks what a witness heard Powers say before he died, and its subjects of questioning, secret service and widows put the scene in an interrogation rather than a chase. *Secret Agent X-9* began in newspapers in January 1934, with scripts by crime novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of *The Maltese Falcon*, and early art by Alex Raymond, who later drew *Flash Gordon*. The strip's hard-boiled detective style made it popular during the Depression. This original drawing, dated May 14, 1934, shows the pencil layout under India ink and blue crayon notes on bristol board.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink over pencil, with blue crayon on bristol board ; 17.7 x 67.7 cm. (sheet) |
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| Notes | 1934 May 14 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Questioning--1930-1940. Secret service--1930-1940. Widows--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,496 × 4,540 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226193 |
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