Feature Comics #49

Butch the circus clown nurses a secret: he's really a tough guy from the underworld trying to impress a new diving act at the big top. When his cover gets blown in a way that lands him in jail, he's forced to hand off his spot to a replacement—but his plan to seem like something more than just a silly performer has backfired spectacularly. It's a fast, funny peek at a clown who wanted to be taken seriously, with consequences he didn't quite see coming.

In "Diary of the Dead," Zero visits his doctor, drawn into a quiet, unsettling mystery when the physician reveals the lifeless form of a girl whose condition defies cure—unless a rare plant, discovered by the doctor’s father in Guatemala, can be found. The story unfolds with a somber urgency, weaving medical intrigue and a faint hope tied to a forgotten jungle specimen.

Capt. Bruce Blackburn, ace of military intelligence, faces his most dangerous adversary yet: the deadly spy Sonya, who has already claimed the lives of two high-ranking military officers using an ingenious and nearly undetectable method. When Blackburn discovers a crucial clue—an empty hypodermic syringe left behind during an assassination attempt on his own life—he races to the Paradise Club to confront Sonya before she strikes again. With the mystery of how she's killing her targets still unsolved, Blackburn must outwit her in a perilous game of espionage and survival.