Don Winslow of the Navy #56

A forced landing in Turkey puts Don Winslow and his companion Red in the path of Nazi spies operating from a Turkish harem—Fritz and Herman are using a stolen identity to intercept secret American Navy plans, but a case of mistaken identity turns their scheme into a deadly trap. When Red is captured and tortured, Don must fight his way through the spy nest to save his friend and recover the classified documents.

Jetsam Joe gets handed a thousand dollars and a mission: buy a sextant for the Captain—but he has no idea what one is. Rather than admit his confusion, Joe sets off on a comical chain of misunderstandings, asking stranger after stranger for help, each explanation leading him further astray until he arrives back with a hilariously wrong purchase. It's a perfect little wind-up gag that plays Joe's well-meaning dimwittedness for all the laughs it's worth.

Don Winslow and his pal Red are heading to a Navy masquerade party in Arabia when they're ambushed and knocked unconscious—only to wake up in the desert camp of the sinister Ibn Kharou, who's been kidnapping women to force them into labor. Mistaken for captives themselves, the two Navy men must find a way to expose Ibn Kharou's scheme and free his victims before they can return to the party.

When Don Winslow and Jetsam Joe prepare to meet the Presidente of Mañana, Joe studies written instructions on how to behave properly—but a critical misreading of the notes leads to an uproarious diplomatic disaster. This 1948 humor tale delivers exactly the kind of slapstick chaos you'd expect when good intentions collide with a sailor's interpretation of etiquette.

Bell Bottom Bill receives a letter from his brother and faces some good-natured ribbing about family laziness. When the truth about his brother comes out, it proves Bill's detractor wrong in this lighthearted half-page Navy yarn from 1948.

Bell Bottom Bill enjoys some well-deserved shore leave, but his relaxation is cut short when an inquisitive stranger approaches with questions—only to get a hilariously unexpected answer about the sailor's unusual shipboard duties. A quick, punchy gag that captures the lighthearted humor of 1948 naval comedy.

Don Winslow investigates a ring of thieves posing as Indian fakirs who are systematically robbing sailors attending their performances. When Winslow decides to go undercover as a volunteer for the magician's famous "sawing in half" illusion, he discovers the performers are willing to make this trick all too real to eliminate him—and he'll need all his wits and his partner Red's quick thinking to survive.