From the exhibition
El hombre que ya murió
· 1976

Museum Catalog Description
This Spanish-language spy fiction magazine features "Brigitte en Acción" (Brigitte in Action), a serial by Lou Carrigan. The story centers on international espionage operations involving Brigitte Montfort, a CIA field agent posing as a journalist, and John Pearson (alias "Fantasma"/Ghost), a high-ranking MI5 operative. After Cunningham, a missing British agent married in secret, is likely killed in a boat explosion near Deauville, Pearson recruits Brigitte to investigate. The narrative reveals Cunningham was pursuing Stanley Mark Morgan, a senior British intelligence coordinator, against orders. The issue also contains "Archivo Secreto" (Secret Archive), an opening sequence depicting Morgan orchestrating Cunningham's assassination via an explosive-rigged briefcase at a Norman coast rendezvous. The fiction combines Cold War espionage tradecraft with romantic tension between the international agents.
Public domain (copyright not renewed), restored and presented by comicbooks.com public-domain