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Vol. 15 · No. 133 · Friday, 6 November 2026

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6 November 2026

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SEAL team’s raid on Dr. Claw’s mountain fortress stymied by fake arm, old Timey bomb

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Penny does a search of Google Earth for Dr. Claw's lair.

CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA — An elite team of Navy SEALs entered a mountain hideout in search of infamous Dr. Claw on Wednesday, but the team was befuddled when they quickly turned his chair around and found a fake arm attached to an old timey fuse bomb.

Dr. Claw, the arch-villain responsible for numerous international criminal enterprises, has been the subject of an intense decade-long international manhunt. The manhunt, headed by small group of dedicated intelligence officers, ran into numerous hiccups mainly due to the fumbling of its lead bionic inspector.

“I mean, shooting your head up twenty feet on an extendable neck is kinda neat, I guess. It does kind of make you stick out amongst the locals though,” said Chief Quimbly. “But that Gadget is a stand up fellow and he tends to get the job done; he did find the hideout, didn’t he?”

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