Comic Land #1

When Sandusky and the Senator visit their friend Herman at Bugville State Hospital, where he works as a guard, they meet a patient who claims to have buried a fortune in black market money nearby—and offers them $2,000 to dig it up. Skeptical at first, the pair eventually decide to follow the man's map to a mysterious oak tree and start excavating, only to discover that things are rarely what they seem in a place full of folks with wild stories. What begins as a scheme to strike it rich quickly spirals into comedy as the truth—or lack thereof—comes to light.

In a whimsical 1946 tale from *Comic Land #1*, Phineas Gruff, a peculiar magical creature with a talent for commanding geese, finds his special eggs coveted by Johnny Baker, who sees them as the perfect solution to win Judy’s hand in marriage. Written by Bruce Williams, this seven-page fantasy humor story spins a delightfully absurd web of schemes and squawking surprises.

Sam Stupor, the world's most bumbling detective, takes on an unusual case when he's hired to solve the mystery of Oscar Flatch's lost appetite—the champion eater is too sleep-deprived to compete and can't eat a thing. Armed with his inflated confidence and questionable methods, Stupor launches a chaotic investigation that leads him from Flatch's training quarters to the apartment below, where he discovers far more than he bargained for. What unfolds is a madcap mystery full of mishaps, with the hapless sleuth determined to crack the case before it's too late.