From the exhibition
Brigitte en Acción: Mercado de cerebros
· 1982

Museum Catalog Note
This Spanish-language pulp serial features international spy Brigitte Montfort (also known as CIA agent "Baby"), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and director of the Morning News's International Section. After collapsing on a New York street, she awakens restrained on a medical gurney in the laboratory of the mysterious villain Espectrus, a tall, gaunt man with striking pale features who has kidnapped her. Espectrus reveals he possesses an intelligence-measuring device called the "Verificador" that rates human intellect on a scale where Brigitte scores 0.792—nearly matching his own 0.612, making her exceptional. He proposes forcing her compliance through a mind-control drug that will eliminate her willpower while amplifying her telepathic receptivity to his commands. The narrative establishes a conflict between Brigitte's intellectual resistance and Espectrus's scientific domination schemes. The story, credited to Lou Carrigan, combines espionage thriller elements with science-fiction technology.
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