User:Nemesisoverride/Ferret (Timely Comics)

The Ferret is a Timely Comics character who first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #4 (Feb. 1940). He was a generic detective whose only notable feature was his pet ferret, Nosie.

Publication History
The Ferret appeared in 6 stories during the Golden Age of Comics, in Marvel Mystery Comics #'s 4-9. In 2009, he appeared in the Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special and several issues of The Marvels Project, a limited series.

Character History
The Ferret aka Leslie Lenrow was a New York City based private investigator. He often consulted with the police on cases. In one notable case, he worked with Namor, his companion Betty Dean, the Human Torch, his sidekick Toro, the Angel (Thomas Halloway), and Electro and his creator Philo Zog to defeat Nazi Dr. Manyac, his green flame robots, and Project: Blockbuster, a giant version of the green flame robots.

Death
In 1940, during a seemingly routine missing persons case, the Ferret and Nosie tailed a Professor Hamilton to a nondescript brownstone. In reality, Hamilton was a Nazi spy named Albrecht Kerfoot and the brownstone was a meeting place for spies. The Ferret was caught and stabbed in the heart with a dagger. His body was found by the Angel, who adopted his pet ferret and trailed the spies, eventually working with Captain America and Bucky to defeat them.