The man known as Alec Penn (alias "B. Bellas", alias "Count Gordon") was a forger and confidence trickster. He typically wore round eyeglasses and a false moustache. Following the kidnapping of Buddy Waldorf by Big Boy, Buddy's father John Waldorf and Dick Tracy discovered that some of Waldorf's bonds had been forged. They came to suspect a man by the name of Alec Penn of the crime. Tracy interviewed Penn shortly after.