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Feb 12th 2010
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Octopus of Crime – Secret Agent X (1934) The following is the cover of a pulp magazine that recently entered into my possession. ‘Secret Agent “X”: Octopus of Crime’, from Sept 1934. Another example of metaphor – octopus of crime – that quite happily co-exists in both popular culture and the political.

Octopus of Crime – Secret Agent X (1934)

The following is the cover of a pulp magazine that recently entered into my possession. ‘Secret Agent “X”: Octopus of Crime’, from Sept 1934. Another example of metaphor – octopus of crime – that quite happily co-exists in both popular culture and the political.

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