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AGENT FOR COMINSEC #6 The Death Makers Conspiracy (1975) by Ralph Hayes

Wednesday, 31. May 2006, 10:29:53

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In this the final book of the Agent for COMINSEC book Ralph Hayes changes the formula a little. Taggart, the lone wolf is forced to team up with another COMINSEC agent. COMINSEC comes under attack from the reformed Disciples of Hell, which COMINSEC thought it destroyed 2 years before (not the liberators as the cover proclaims.

The COMINSEC agent responsible for destroying the original Disciples, Shimura from Japan, is teamed with Taggart on this adventure. It is revelealed that there are five agents, one would assume that there is one from each of the member countries.

Taggart reveals that his grandfather was a full blooded Commanche.

Taggart and Shimura tackle the Disciples of Hell tracking them back to their headquarters and removing the new heads of this cult. Double the excitement and double the violence as the Agents for COMINSEC tackle the organisation that is torturing and killing the couriers that supply COMINSEC with the information it needs to keep operating.

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AGENT FOR COMINSEC #4 The Hellfire Conspiracy (1974) by Ralph Hayes

Tuesday, 30. May 2006, 20:34:50

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In this adventure, Taggart discovers a conspiracy to replace the President of the United States with an impostor. Why? Unlike the movie DAVE, which uses the same idea, a cabal of arms dealers calling themselves Alpha Four is behind the plot to stir up trouble between the United States and Russia and China.

For most of the book Taggart has to try and prove that the man in the Oval Office isn't the man elected by the people. Of course Alpha Four isn't about to let Taggart just waltz in and find this out, so Taggart has to kill several henchmen, even managing to get a few of the members of Alpha Four themselves.

Eventually Taggart discovers that the President is an impostor *spoilers ahead* and assassinates him.

I'm rather enjoying the Taggart books. Each conspiracy is different and delivers the thrills.

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Just who was The Enforcer cloned from #3

Sunday, 14. May 2006, 07:59:58

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Okay, unless I find any more cover images using the same model in other series this will be the last post on this topic.
In 1964, Bantam books started reprinting the Doc Savage pulp novels.


In the 1970's Warner Books reprinted The Avenger pulp novels


Both reprint series used male model/actor Steve Holland as the basis of their heroes faces. Holland had previously played Flash Gordon in the 1950's Tv series.

Thanks to http://www.micahwright.com/savage.htm here is a picture of Holland posing for the Doc Savage covers.

So we can see the influence of the pulps on the agressors with Holland's face being used for Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Enforcer, Agent from COMINSEC and John "Hangman" Smith from Killsquad as well as playing Flash Gordon.

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AGENT FOR COMINSEC #3 Turkish Mafia Conspiracy (1974) by Ralph Hayes

Sunday, 30. April 2006, 05:53:11

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COMINSEC is the Committee for International Security and they have five members, General G (from Germany), General J (from Japan, General A (from America), General B (from Britain), General F (from France) and operate as an international court with a large intellegence network and an enforcement arm of nine agents.

The lead agent is Taggart, a former Mafia hitman, who now works for COMINSEC. Imagine if the Butcher went to work for a slightly more internation version of CURE (from the Destroyer series) and you get an idea of this series.

Anyway COMINSEC discovers that the Attaturk Society, the Turkish mafia, have in collaboration with certain political *cough, communist, cough* agitators have launched a plan to flood the Western world with drugs and have also stolen the prototype of a new electronic drug detector.

Taggart is sent to recover or destroy the prototype and to eliminate the top man of the Attaturk brotherhood. First he has to go undercover in jail to get a lead on the mysterious head of the brotherhood. In jail Taggart kills at least five men and seriously injures several more. He then gets the lead he needs and leaves the prison.

After a couple more killings Taggart makes his way to Turkey were he succeeds in his mission.

Agent for COMINSEC is a good solid example of the aggressor genre.

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So just who was The Enforcer cloned from?

Saturday, 22. April 2006, 10:48:23

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Gee I wonder if I can claim this as a legitimate connection? I knew I'd seen the picture on the Enforcer before, but I was surprised to see that The Enforcer and Agent for COMINSEC were published by different publishers.

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