Amazing Mystery Funnies #5

In "null," Sari and Paul take flight to Venus with Steele in tow, only to be ambushed by a mysterious vessel and forced to crash-land. As they pursue the elusive Vance Roy through alien terrain, the duo must clear their names from accusations of collusion—before the truth is lost among the stars.

Shorty and Dave Dean find themselves pressed into service aboard the schooner Happy Go Lucky when escaped Soviet prisoners—led by the ruthless Peter Kamroff—seize the vessel and take the prison director's daughter Natalie hostage. Forced to sail toward Alaska under threat of death, the crew devises a cunning plan to turn the desperate men against each other and reclaim control of the ship.

In "null," Bob Stevens joins Steve Svenson’s sand hog crew as they dig beneath Long Island Sound, proving his worth when he saves Steve’s life in the depths below. The story unfolds with the quiet tension of labor and danger, where every shift brings new risks and unexpected bonds.

In the wilds of 1939, Ross Westley tracks the Mad Hunter who’s been stealing from his traps—only to stumble upon a young woman, Jo, trapped by the ankle. After bringing her to his cabin, he learns her guide vanished with the game, but when the man returns seeking money, he’s met with a deadly surprise. The truth behind the raids is more twisted than he ever imagined.

Captain Tim is summoned by Prince Batow to investigate a sinister discovery in the undersea colonies: the governor has been replaced by an impostor named Klawger, who's building a devastating war machine from oceanic minerals. Tim and Professor Gray pilot the advanced Air-Sub DX into the depths to stop him, but when the Batmen of Kordano launch a devastating attack, Tim must decide whether to trust his enemy to help save thousands of lives. With the fate of an entire undersea civilization hanging in the balance, this 1939 tale by Carl Burgos delivers action, espionage, and impossible choices beneath the waves.

When Mrs. Johns is framed for a jewelry store theft after a necklace mysteriously appears in her umbrella, she's sent to jail despite her innocence—leaving her son Bob to fend for himself and determined to prove her innocence. Bob tracks down a suspicious lead connected to the case, takes a job to get closer to the truth, and enlists his mother's late husband's pet circus monkey Trixy as an unlikely messenger between them. What Bob discovers in the apartment of the mysterious Miss Lynn could be the key to freeing his mother, but danger closes in fast.