Crime Smashers #10

When a body washes up at the waterfront with a dime-a-dance ticket as the only clue, Inspector Madson sends Gail Ford undercover as a taxi dancer at the Sunset Pavilion to track down the killer. Gail's investigation leads her from the rowdy dance hall to a shocking discovery about a wealthy millionaire with a dangerous past—and soon she's running for her life through the waterfront shadows with a killer in pursuit.

When practical joker Chuck Boone plans to embarrass the shy starlet Laura Lane with a humiliating on-set stunt, Hollywood detective Dan Turner attends the filming to watch it play out—only to find himself caught up in the chaos that follows. When Boone turns up murdered and the incriminating film destroyed, Turner must sift through the suspects and motives among the studio crew to unmask the real killer before his police detective friend arrives at the scene.

Ray Hale and Ruth Meriden, reporters for the Clarion, arrive at an elegant reception for an Iraqi delegation—only to witness a diplomat's murder and catch a glimpse of the notorious spy known as "the Owl." With a poisoned ring as their only lead and a killer still at large, the two journalists must outwit a dangerous criminal before the case goes cold. Newt Alfred's taut crime tale, illustrated by the issue's interior artist, proves that the best scoop sometimes comes with the highest stakes.