Crack Comics #23

In "The Unsung Hero," former fifth columnist Hawks, haunted by his failure to prevent the Pearl Harbor attack, races against time to warn of a second, even more critical threat—the Japanese assault on the Panama Canal. With the fate of the war hanging in the balance, Hawks takes to the skies in a final, desperate act of courage, while the Condor turns the tide against a Nazi vessel, forcing their surrender.

Don Q stumbles onto a Nazi plot when he discovers that the American liner Asturia—supposedly carrying expelled Germans back to the Fatherland—has been seized by enemy forces planning to infiltrate Gibraltar and launch a devastating attack on the British naval base. Racing against time to warn the Allied fleet before the trap springs, Don Q and his companion must navigate enemy fire, treacherous waters, and impossible odds to prevent catastrophe.

In "null," cartoonist Pen Miller and his partner Chop Chu investigate a string of mysterious torpedo attacks on California freighters, uncovering a dangerous espionage ring feeding naval secrets to enemy submarines. With wartime tension rising, their investigation leads them through shadowy docks and hidden transmissions, testing their wits and courage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse.

Taxi driver Hack O'Hara gets swept up in a wild evening when he helps a young woman track down a skeleton for a scavenger hunt—only to stumble headfirst into a hospital full of criminals and danger. What starts as a silly favor turns into a desperate fight when Hack finds himself hiding in a hospital closet with the skeleton and the woman, forced to stop a ruthless crook operating in the surgical ward. Before midnight strikes, Hack will need all his wits and courage to protect his new friend and bring the real criminals to justice.

In "null," Hack, a weary driver with a knack for odd fares, picks up a mysterious woman who casually asks if he knows where she might find a skeleton—part of a strange scavenger hunt. What starts as a peculiar request quickly spirals into a tense, unpredictable journey when she actually turns up one.

In "License of a Murderer," The Clock races to uncover the killer of the District Attorney, while Butch—once known for her clever use of a rat trap—fumbles with the weight of a real gun, her courage tested in a moment that feels far from the games of the past.