America's Best Comics #25

When Sir Ronald Blake, known as the Sea Eagle, sails into the pirate-infested port of Mohica for repairs, the notorious captains John Blood and Peg-Leg see their chance to eliminate the man who threatens their operations—but their plot to capture the Sea Eagle goes awry when they snare his trusted mate Jamaica instead. Forced to surrender his beloved ship the Falcon as ransom, the Sea Eagle must rely on cunning and courage to turn the tables on the treacherous buccaneers and reclaim what's his. With Katherine "Kit" Young watching from the boats and Jamaica's life hanging in the balance, the Sea Eagle devises a daring plan to strike back under cover of darkness.

In "The Musical Monkey Murders!" from America's Best Comics #25 (1948), Bob’s quiet errand to pick up flowers for Jean on her birthday takes a strange turn when he stumbles into a greenhouse where gangsters are hiding—and where the first of several mysterious, locked-room murders begins. As the case unfolds, Bob finds himself drawn into a baffling string of crimes that seem to have no clear motive, only a chilling, musical clue left behind.

The Fighting Yank investigates when reformed ex-convict Seedy and his brother Monty claim they're going straight and starting a legitimate business—only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a clever scheme to use the appearance of reform as cover for diamond theft and worse. With Seedy's old criminal trademark resurface and the stakes rising fast, the Yank must determine who's really honest and who's playing a dangerous con. Backed by the ghost of his ancestor when the going gets toughest, the Yank fights to bring the real criminals to justice and prove that genuine reformation can still exist, even in a world of dishonest crooks.

In "Cleopatra's Comb," the quiet caretaker of an Egyptian museum is driven to desperate acts when he believes outsiders have defiled the legacy of Cleopatra. As ancient relics and forgotten secrets come to life, his mission becomes a chilling pursuit of justice—no matter the cost.