Feature Comics #40

When treasure hunters Rance Keane and Harvey Topping anchor their ship at Abaru Island for supplies, they're ambushed by natives who force them ashore—only to discover that the island is ruled by Sol Lang and Bat Crawley, two adversaries who plan to sacrifice the crew to the sharks at moonrise. With time running out and the odds stacked against them, Rance must use quick thinking and whatever supplies he can scavenge to turn the tables on their captors and engineer an escape.

When a young woman named Jean flees the jungle compound of the sinister Arno Cain in the dead of night, the guardian of the bush known as Samar comes to her aid—only to discover that her new husband has been conducting unspeakable experiments, merging men with beasts into horrible creatures. Imprisoned together and facing Arno's monstrous creations, Samar must use his mastery of the jungle and his wits to escape the dark house and stop the fiend's twisted schemes before they consume them both.

When gangster Sardini tries to steal the mayoral election through intimidation and bribery, the diminutive Poison Ivy steps up to challenge him—launching a campaign that becomes anything but a clean fight. As Sardini's crooked methods spiral out of control and votes pile up in impossible numbers, Poison Ivy finds an unexpected way to turn the tables and take charge of the town. This two-page romp delivers all the slapstick chaos and rapid-fire gags you'd expect from a 1940 humor story, with a pint-sized hero who refuses to back down.

The Ace of Space tracks a mysterious string of bank robberies when a banker wrongly accused of embezzlement turns to him for help—and the investigation leads to Dr. Devlin, a rogue bio-chemist who's created a serum that grants super speed to his criminal army. Using his power belt's incredible abilities, Ace races to stop Devlin and Karl's plan to loot the U.S. Sub-Treasury before they can pull off their most ambitious heist yet.

Zero, the supernatural detective, arrives in Jamesport to investigate a young woman's desperate plea—her brothers have vanished, and she believes they've fallen victim to an ancient curse tied to a captured albatross wing in her family's possession. When fishermen haul in two sharks with human bodies sewn inside them, Zero's investigation leads him aboard a ghostly ship crewed by spectral sailors bent on claiming the girl as their next victim. Zero must use the very artifact that cursed her family to break the albatross's spell and save her from the vengeful spirits.

Dusty Dane and his partner Mike Cardigan are drawn into an unexpected venture when Patricia Morley offers them a stake in a gold mine she's recently purchased in Papua—but word of the treasure spreads fast in the seedier corners of Singapore's waterfront. When Dusty and Patricia set sail with their crew, they soon discover that ruthless rivals Tondas and Bulok are hot on their trail, determined to claim the mine's location for themselves. A desperate battle at sea becomes the first test of whether Dusty and his crew can survive the voyage and protect Patricia's fortune from those willing to kill for it.