Feature Comics #116

When Roy Evans's dreams of becoming a doctor crumble after a failed final exam, his despair deepens when he's forced at gunpoint to assist the ruthless criminal Elbows Spadden, who needs emergency medical care following a truck heist gone wrong. With the Doll Man and the police closing in on the villain's hideout, Evans faces an impossible choice between his oath to heal and his duty to justice. This 1947 tale pits a desperate man's last chance at redemption against a crook who'll stop at nothing to survive.

Swing Sisson faces off against his rival Slip Mombone at a radio audition for the coveted Happy Hall Hour music spot, but when Swing's performance inexplicably falls flat, Slip walks away the winner. Determined to prove himself, Swing gets another chance to perform at the Sloppy Club—only to discover that Slip has been using a dirty trick all along to sabotage the competition. When the truth about Slip's underhanded tactics comes to light, Swing and his band finally get the shot they deserve.

Señor Roscoe and his companion find themselves stowaways on a wagon train headed for California, only to be discovered and chased off by the gruff wagon master Grizzly—who's harboring a dangerous secret. When the pair stumbles onto evidence of Grizzly's treachery with a local tribe of Native Americans, they must race to warn the wagon train before it's too late. What unfolds is a wild frontier adventure where quick thinking and a clever trick turn the tables on everyone involved.

In this 1947 humor tale from Feature Comics #116, a nervous lion tamer gets an unexpected boost from Butch’s "Hindu tonic"—turning him bold enough to demand a raise and, quite literally, take down the circus’s star lion. Boss Bangs, unsurprisingly, isn’t pleased.