The Smiling Dogs — Kenneth Robeson

THE GREATEST CRIME FIGHTER OF THE FORTIES RETURNS!

IN THE ROARING HEART OF THE CRUCIBLE. STEEL IS MADE. IN THE RAGING FLAME OF PERSONAL TRAGEDY. MEN ARE SOMETIMES FORGED INTO SOMETHING MORE THAN HUMAN.

IT WAS SO WITH DICK BENSON. HE HAD BEEN A MAN. AFTER THE DREAD LOSS INFLICTED ON HIM BY AN IN HUMAN CRIME RING, HE BECAME A MACHINE OF VENGE ANCE DEDICATED TO THE EXTERMINATION OF ALL OTHER CRIME RINGS

HE TURNED INTO THE PERSON WE KNOW NOW: A FIGURE OF ICE AND STEEL, MORE PITILESS THAN BOTH; A MECHANISM OF WHIPCORD AND FLAME; A SYMBOL TO CROOKS AND KILLERS; A TERRIBLE, ALMOST IMPERSONAL FORCE, MASKING CHILL GENIUS AND SUPER NORMAL POWER BEHIND A FACE AS WHITE AND DEAD AS A MASK FROM THE GRAVE ONLY HIS PALE EYES, LIKE ICE IN A POLAR DAWN, HINT AT THE DEADLINESS OF THE SCOURGE THE UNDERWORLD HEEDLESSLY INVOKED AGAINST ITSELF WHEN CRIME'S GREED TURNED MILLIONAIRE ADVENTURER RICHARD BENSON INTO -- THE AVENGER.

IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL MURDERS. A SANITY-TEST BILL, REFORESTATION PLANS FOR A NATIONAL PARK AND A TINY MAN WITH A GREEN SMILING DOG? THE AVENGER EMBARKS ON A WEIRD HUNT TO CONNECT THE LINKS OF A DEADLY CHAIN.