America's Best Comics #21

When a series of mysterious accidents threatens Josh Gibson's lumber camp, his determined daughter Rose fights to save the operation from sabotage—until Bob Benton and young Tim arrive on vacation and reveal themselves as the Black Terror and his partner. As the Terror Twins help rally the frightened workers, they uncover a sinister plot by the Mace Syndicate to destroy the camp and seize the land, leading to a desperate showdown where the Black Terror must use every ounce of his strength to stop the criminals and save Rose from certain doom.

When Dick Martin's bicycle tour lands him on the eccentric estate of Lord John Fleurmont—a millionaire obsessed with recreating medieval nobility—Pyroman discovers the aristocratic façade hides something far more sinister: a counterfeiting operation run by the criminal Mint. Trapped in the mansion's torture chambers alongside Joyce Clark, Pyroman must break free and confront both the forgers and the delusional nobleman before the estate burns to ash, testing whether his electrical powers can overcome the bonds designed to contain them.

The Fighting Yank arrives in his ancestral hometown of Granger to investigate a string of murders marked by a chilling whistle—the calling card of a killer known as the Tormentor, who's spreading panic through the town and has made the Yank himself a target. As bodies pile up and a mysterious whistling device seems to strike from everywhere at once, the Yank must uncover the identity of this phantom killer before fear tears the community apart. With clues pointing to a secret financial motive, the hero races against time to expose the Tormentor's true face and stop the terror.

Doc Strange faces off against the Conquering Knights, a fascist militia band wielding a blinding ultraviolet weapon and plotting open rebellion to spread their ideology of fear across the city. With his partner Mike Ellis and the military's support, Doc must infiltrate the Knights' headquarters and stop their campaign before their numbers and destructive power grow beyond control. This 1947 adventure pits two-fisted action against the very real threat of home-grown authoritarianism.