Doc Rip Out Ventilator Grille

To the iron-barred basement ventilator, Doc sprang. He could see the capsule of strange metal. His great hands grasped the ventilator bars. The metal grille was locked below.

Doc's remarkable legs braced on either side of the ventilator. They became rigid, hard as steel columns. His wonderful arms became tense also. Intermingled with Doc's amazing strength was the fine science of lifting great weights with the human body.

With a loud rusty tearing, the grille was uprooted. Loosened concrete scattered widely.

The feat of strength had taken but a moment. Doc dropped into the ventilator pit. He retrieved the crumpled metal capsule and pocketed it.

- The Land of Terror (1933) Chapter 3