Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 0:26:38 GMT -5
A new book released this past week called The Most Dangerous Animal of All, with claims by the author that his father was the infamous Zodiac Killer.
While I'm not entirely sold on the author's claim, the book instilled within me a renewed interest in the case. This lead me to a few Zodiac message boards where I found that someone had posted a comic book that appears to have the same threat as what Zodiac had written on a 1970 Halloween Card.
Here is the Halloween Card, where Zodiac threatens, "By Fire, By Gun, By Knife, By Rope":
And here is the comic book, from Tim Holt #30, July 1952. Note the words on the Death Wheel:
There are also a few other allusions here, such as Lady Doom. The Zodiac used "You are Doomed" inside the card. He also signed one of his letters as the Red Phantom, possibly taken from the Red Mask. Also, there is a story in this issue called, "The Man of 1,000 Faces" in which a killer takes the identity of his victims, and is only caught when the cops discover the disguised villain is writing with the wrong hand. Lastly, notice that strange symbol with the four dots in the signature area of the card? It's also on a cow (right side) in a Red Ryder gun ad in the same issue:
One of the ads inside anther Tim Holt comic (#28) declares to "Be the master, not the slave." The phrase "By Fire, By Gun, By Knife, By Rope" has never been seen in any other place besides the Zodiac's card and this comic. It's likely the Zodiac not only read this comic...but was inspired by the Death Wheel within.
It's also pretty clear to me, if this comic book connection is indeed true, that he identified with the villains, not the heroes. He wore a very bizarre hooded mask in one of the killings, reminiscent of the Hooded Hangman seen in Batman comics in the 60's, among others.
I just found this all fascinating and thought I would share!
While I'm not entirely sold on the author's claim, the book instilled within me a renewed interest in the case. This lead me to a few Zodiac message boards where I found that someone had posted a comic book that appears to have the same threat as what Zodiac had written on a 1970 Halloween Card.
Here is the Halloween Card, where Zodiac threatens, "By Fire, By Gun, By Knife, By Rope":
And here is the comic book, from Tim Holt #30, July 1952. Note the words on the Death Wheel:
There are also a few other allusions here, such as Lady Doom. The Zodiac used "You are Doomed" inside the card. He also signed one of his letters as the Red Phantom, possibly taken from the Red Mask. Also, there is a story in this issue called, "The Man of 1,000 Faces" in which a killer takes the identity of his victims, and is only caught when the cops discover the disguised villain is writing with the wrong hand. Lastly, notice that strange symbol with the four dots in the signature area of the card? It's also on a cow (right side) in a Red Ryder gun ad in the same issue:
One of the ads inside anther Tim Holt comic (#28) declares to "Be the master, not the slave." The phrase "By Fire, By Gun, By Knife, By Rope" has never been seen in any other place besides the Zodiac's card and this comic. It's likely the Zodiac not only read this comic...but was inspired by the Death Wheel within.
It's also pretty clear to me, if this comic book connection is indeed true, that he identified with the villains, not the heroes. He wore a very bizarre hooded mask in one of the killings, reminiscent of the Hooded Hangman seen in Batman comics in the 60's, among others.
I just found this all fascinating and thought I would share!
