Big Ben was a thug henchman who posed as the Flame to commit a series of crimes that he, karmically, gets gunned down for committing. Justice is served, I guess.
References: [The Flame #2] [1955] [thug muscle to Jewel; “Much as I want to, I ain’t gonna kill him … only half!”; poses as the Flame but is foiled by the Flame and gunned down by the police; ]
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