By the end of the storyline Tex and his pards have identified the culprit and found enough evidence to convict him and prove Tex' innocence on their own. At the start of the "Death Cell" storyline Tex is framed for murder and it's mentioned they've been contacted to help find information to prove his innocence and catch the culprit before he and his accomplice can start an Indian war and have the Navajos evicted from their reserve.The agency is also noted to have some ethics, as they'll fire with prejudice any agent caught doing something illegal (as freeing a criminal after being bribed), and if asked about them will quickly denounce whatever they're doing now. Being this a western comic book set before the start of the unions, they only show up chasing major criminals or doing investigative work. Fellow Marvel character Cyber was one, as well.Caleb Hammer, a Western character in the Marvel Universe.In a post-Morris album of the series, Lucky Luke finds himself going against Allan Pinkerton himself.They travel incognito, oblivious to the Sigil Spam that betrays them. Might be a Shout-Out to two other bumbling detectives from Franco-Belgian Comics. In the book "Jesse James", two bumbling Pinkerton detectives appear.In the Elseworlds comic Justice Riders (The Justice League in the Old West) Guy Gardner appears as a Pinkerton agent.Pinkertons have appeared frequently (usually as antagonists) in Jonah Hex.A Comic Book story of Droopy (the dog) had him as a Pinkerton agent relentlessly and ruthlessly protecting a carpetbag of gold from a thief.The Pinks were well known for brutality and ruthlessness in their methods in fiction, even when they are pursuing more laudable goals, this tends to give an unfavorable color to their portrayal. And if you were wealthy enough, you could hire them for regular detective work as well. In addition to their notorious and much-reviled strikebreaking work, the Pinkertons were also active in chasing down outlaws who had pulled train jobs or major bank robberies. (This work dried up in 1893 with the passage of the "Anti-Pinkerton Act", which prevented the US government from directly hiring Pinkerton agents.) In the 1870s, they added government work to their portfolio, as the Department of Justice did not have the infrastructure to do massive investigations on its own. Made famous by their protection of Abraham Lincoln from an assassination attempt prior to his taking the oath of office. An agent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, "Pinkertons" for short, "Pinks" to their enemies.įounded in the 1850s by Allan Pinkerton, the Pinkertons were often hired by corporations such as the railroad companies to investigate crimes against them and the activities of labor movements.
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