Crack Comics #24

The Black Condor, operating in public as Senator Thomas Wright, uncovers a sinister plot when troop trains vanish without a trace along a northwestern railroad line. His investigation leads him to a hidden underground arms factory built into the mountains, where captured soldiers are being forced to work—and where Nazi operatives are harvesting minerals to manufacture weapons for a Fifth Column invasion. With the help of an unlikely ally, the Condor must liberate the enslaved troops and destroy the facility before it's too late.

Tex Adams, a former Eagle Squadron pilot, arrives in Rangoon to join American forces fighting the Japanese, and reunites with an old friend now flying pursuit missions on the Burma Road. When Japanese bombers threaten the field, Tex commandeers an untested new fighter and takes to the skies, engaging enemy planes in a desperate aerial duel that tests both his piloting skills and his nerve. His actions in that first combat mission will determine whether he can prove himself worthy of his new squadron.

When Secretary of State James Cordell's plane vanishes over Brazil, Don Q is appointed acting secretary and dispatched to Rio—but his own aircraft is shot down by Nazi raiders off the coast of Guiana. After battling his way free and drifting to a mysterious island, Don Q discovers Cordell's private secretary, who reveals that a terrifying beast-like creature dragged the Secretary into the jungle. Now Don Q must brave the island's dangers and track down the monster to rescue Cordell before it's too late.

Cartoonist and detective Pen Miller investigates a ruthless extortion ring that's been intimidating innocent aliens when a bullet suddenly crashes through his studio window. Suspecting the shot came from a nearby hotel, Miller tracks the racketeers to their hideout—only to find himself captured and at their mercy. With his houseboy caught in the middle and the gang determined to silence him, Miller must turn the tables on these sharp-witted crooks before they can destroy his evidence and escape justice.

The Spider pursues the Yellow Scorpion, a saboteur plotting to destroy a newly launched battleship with torpedo-laden speedboats in a daring attack on the Navy Yard. Tom Hallaway must use all his wits and gadgetry to stop the Scorpion's scheme before it's too late, even as a crucial moment of mistiming threatens to turn the odds against him.

Jim Slade, a roving press photographer on assignment to capture the San Blas Indians of Panama, discovers a hidden Japanese encampment that threatens the canal—but when the natives prove outgunned, he slips into the jungle and emerges as Tor the Magic Master. With his mastery of illusion and enchantment, Tor turns the tide of battle, using his powers to render enemy weapons useless and orchestrate a spectacular finale that sends the invaders fleeing in defeat.

The Clock and his partner Butch track the notorious Knife-Throwing Gang to their warehouse hideout by the docks, hoping to stop a murderous spree that's claimed ten victims. When they infiltrate the gang's lair, The Clock finds himself cornered and facing the gang's brutal methods firsthand, while Butch fights for her own survival against overwhelming odds. It's a race against time as the masked detective must outwit his captors before becoming their next human target.