Blackbeard there is a mentally disturbed guy who runs a tattoo parlour (That's an idea behind a whole series of teen horror films right there!). When Joe, investigating a case by pretending to be interested in getting a tattoo (in a nice sign of the times, many of the people he goes to see try to discourage him from getting such a thing at such a young age) says the wrong thing and then this happens.
"Well, I'll think it over," said Joe, suspicious now, and becoming anxious that he might not get away unmarked. But Blackboard was not to be put off so easily.
He suddenly leaped up and lunged around the table. He seized Joe by the collar. "Not so fast," he growled menacingly. "You said you wanted to be tattooed, and you're going to be tattooed!"
Joe began to struggle. But Blackboard was strong and powerful.
"I'll tattoo you if it's the last thing I do! I'11 do it for nothing!" He raised his voice, shouting, "Lopez! Come here!"
A door opened. The servant rushed in and flung himself at Joe.
Against the two men the boy was helpless. "Quick!" panted Blackboard. Joe tried to shout, but the pirate's heavy hand was across his mouth, stifling any outcry.
He fought with all his strength, but Lopez produced a length of rope and whipped it around the boy's ankles. In a few minutes he was bound, gagged, and thrust onto a table.
"Get the needle, Lopez!" ordered Black-beard. The servant scuttled into another room.
The pirate, his heavy arms folded, looked at Joe with a satisfied air. Then he reached down and ripped open the boy's shirt.
"Give me the needle, Lopez!" he shouted.
Joe was utterly helpless, yet he struggled grimly against the ropes that bound him.
Lopez stood by, handed Blackboard a long, sharp needle in a holder.
Joe felt a stab of pain as the tattoo artist crouched over him and the needle pricked the skin on his chest.
"You'll get a design you maybe never heard of before," grunted Blackboard. "First, I prick the design. Then comes the dye."
The sharp needle stabbed Joe's skin once more.
I mean, people say Marston wrote Wonder Woman with one hand down his pants... God alone knows what the guy writing this was doing!