Rip Kirby is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene featuring the adventures of private detective Rip Kirby. Run from 1946 to 1999, the strip was in the hands of writer/artist John Prentice for more than 40 years.
The Missing Dorian Diamond - Rip Kirby Comics
The story is about Desmond. He's running for the president of the butler's assoc. 'People are always saying the butler did it,' says Desmond to his chum Wiggers, 'when in fact, he didn't.' Desmond says he wants to 'stamp this sort of thing out', though I don't have the faintest idea how he's going to do that. In any case, bold words may help him bag the votes. They usually do. What upsets the plan is the theft of the Dorian Diamond from a party where Desmond was working as a butler. Next, Desmond disappears. Piltdown, his rival the in the election, tries to convince other members it was Desmond who did it. Indeed, all things pointed to the butler. This puzzles Kirby, but fails to convince him. To get to the truth, he asks everyone to reenact the party scenes. If the thief had an iota of intelligence he wouldn't have risked it a second time. But, as we find out - from the cover, even before we open the book - the thief was Archibald. So it looks plausible. Desmond wins the election, of course. It pleases everyone except the mugger Desmond has bashed with a skillet.
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