Fairgeth: Introduction (Part I)

“Wassat? You ain’t never been here before? Dis is a town like no other, pal! Ya say yer prayers, don’tcha?”

—“Hack Harry” (cabbie played by Albert Sonarm) in ACE BARRIGAN™ and the Fairgeth Phantom (1941)

“From the first, Fairgeth was accursed, for Bartram Algeth’s founding of the town came from blood and hate and gold and greed. Over time, the settlement spread, almost despite itself. Its dark heart beat everywhere but in its now-ironic name of Fairgeth. Its citizens have seen its share of d