The Billion Dollar Baseball Caper

99: "Are you sure you'll be able to catch the ball, Max?"
Max: "Are you kidding? I could catch it with my hands tied behind me."

The Billion Dollar Baseball Caper
Issue	#4 (January 1967)
Writer	Alan Riefe (uncredited)
Artist	Henry Scarpelli (uncredited)
Pages	32 (20 + 12)
Story Number	8
Villain	Gwendolyn
Previous Story	Inside Information
Next Story	The Great Fly Caper

Get Smart comic Story #8 (Issue #4).

Two-part story with the second part subtitled "The Spirit of '86".

Plot

Max is ordered to catch a baseball which has the secret formula for a new bullet-repelling salve inscribed on it in invisible ink.

Synopsis

Characters

CONTROL

• Maxwell Smart
• Agent 99
• Chief
• Hack Dunbar (Agent 102)
• Agent 51 (mentioned)

KAOS

• Gwendolyn (Agent 103)
• Captain Kydd
• Lefty

Others

• Dr. Phumble
• Jed Dunbar
• E. Gumblatt, M.D. (mentioned)

Weapons and Gadgets

• Shoe Phone
• Invisible Ink
• Bullet-repelling salve
• Toothpaste Tube of Nitroglycerine (hidden in other heel)

Locations

• Coot City
• Bermuda

Trivia

Notes

Writer and artist credits are from Martin O'Hearn's blog.