Doll Man #26

When Darrel Dane and his fiancée Martha visit an Oriental-themed café, her curiosity about two suspicious men sets the Doll Man on an unexpected trail through the city's Oriental Quarter. He discovers a merchant named Rafi caught between conspirators who want him dead—but their scheme to frame him as the lost Sultan of Satarr spirals into something far more dangerous when a fanatic takes their lies at face value. The Doll Man must unravel the web of deception before the people of Satarr act on a murderous legend.

A timid five-foot man named Runt Rogers gets a shot of confidence when the Doll Man shares a vigor formula meant to strengthen both body and spirit—but the serum proves a little too potent, turning Rogers into a swaggering gang leader with ambitions to match his newfound muscles. When Rogers and a mob of crooks target the Barrett Warehouses for a silk heist, the Doll Man must step in to save his unlikely protégé from a fate worse than the bullying that started it all.

When Torchy Todd takes a modeling job with an eccentric outdoor artist, she finds herself posing on a rooftop—only to have her session interrupted by the Bentley Brothers attempting to rob the bank vault hidden above the city. As chaos erupts around her, Torchy must navigate crooks, guards, and the artist's outrage over his interrupted masterpiece to save the day.

A smooth-talking illusionist wins over crowds with stage magic and promises of ancient wisdom, but Doll Man suspects his tricks hide something far more sinister. When the Conjuror begins manipulating a wealthy businessman toward his own crooked ends, the pint-sized hero must expose the truth behind the deception—and confront whether the trickster's own conscience might be his greatest weakness.