Doll Man #34

When Rack Kavel frames the Doll Man for a bank robbery he orchestrated, the city's smallest hero becomes its most wanted fugitive—pursued by police while trying to expose the real culprit and clear his name. With his faithful companion Elmo at his side, Doll Man must stay one step ahead of the law and Kavel's thugs long enough to gather the evidence that will prove his innocence and bring the true criminals to justice.

When a mysterious letter from Mercy Raines draws Darrel Dane to a remote laboratory, he discovers that the brilliant researcher Robdeau is conducting strange experiments based on forgotten formulas of sorcery and ancient transformation. As Doll Man investigates Robdeau's secretive work, a horrifying creature begins to stalk the grounds—and Darrel must uncover the truth behind the Full Moon Monster before the experiment reaches its dark culmination.

Doll Man's friend Jeb Rivers and his partner Catfish find themselves caught up in mystery and danger when a mysterious knife-wielder begins attacking young Marnie Pelham aboard her father's riverboat, the Paragon, docked in New Orleans. The enigmatic Chevalier Treves takes a peculiar interest in Marnie, and as attacks escalate, Rivers must piece together who wields the deadly blades and what sinister secret links them all together. With clues hidden in identical daggers and suspicious tongues, the truth may be closer than anyone expects—but far more troubling.

Doll Man must race against time to protect Dr. Merit's newly completed formula for synthetic diamonds from the ruthless Basil Brunt and his gang of thugs, who will stop at nothing to steal the valuable discovery. After a dangerous encounter on the ferry leaves him fighting for his life, Darrel Dane must transform into his miniature crime-fighting alter ego to reach the doctor's house and stand between the criminals and their prize. It's a high-stakes battle of wits and fists as the Doll Man works to keep the formula—and Dr. Merit—out of the wrong hands.

In "Treacherous Whirlpool??" from Doll Man #34 (1951), Darrel stumbles upon a group of boys refusing to let a younger one join their swim, only to find the situation turning perilous when a sudden whirlpool traps them. The youngster dives in to save them, and Doll Man arrives to lend a hand—just as the danger begins to unfold.