Four Color #52

In the 1944 adventure tale "null," Rose Chance's world unravels when her husband Ace, desperate and reckless, steals from her business to feed his gambling habit. The stakes rise dangerously when Ace is arrested after shooting a professional gambler during a high-stakes poker game.

In the 1944 adventure tale "null," Jack, who quietly harbors feelings for Rose Chance, takes decisive action to ensure the man Ace Chance shot survives—and that Ace receives a fair defense.

In a gritty 1944 tale from Four Color #52, Jack’s quick fists settle a brawl with Ace, who then takes a job under him at the trucking company. When the quiet but sharp Bindle Al shows up to speak with Jack, the tension shifts—just as the wheels start turning.

In this 1944 adventure from Four Color #52, Ace’s recovery from a crushed foot takes an unexpected turn when his friend Jack assigns him to be the bookkeeper. Forced to handle money daily, Ace must resist the temptation to stray from the straight and narrow, testing his integrity in ways he never expected.

In a 1944 adventure from Four Color #52, Ace Chance’s offhand remark about a past event in Springfield sparks a mystery when Annie and Shanghai look into whether it ties to the sudden death of Mrs. Alden’s husband. Meanwhile, Uriah Gudge, determined to take Jack’s business, launches a trucking company with no intention of playing fair.

In this 1944 adventure from Four Color #52, Jack sets a trap for Gudge’s deadly truckers, leading to a crash off a high bridge. When Gudge tracks down Ace Chance to buy information, Ace plays along—his own plans already in motion.

In this 1944 adventure from Four Color #52, Ace’s sudden betrayal throws Jack into a deadly trap as Gudge orchestrates a high-stakes hijacking and a murder plot on the open road. With Ace drugged and the truck in his hands, Jack’s fate hangs in the balance as violence erupts and the truth behind Gudge’s disappearance begins to unravel—while Shanghai quietly tends to an old well in the orchard, leaving the final pieces of the mystery still buried.

In the quiet aftermath of a mystery, Shanghai quietly finishes sealing the old well and slips away into the night, leaving behind only a cryptic letter for the police—telling them to "Look in the bottom of the old well." With Gudge still missing and the town buzzing with rumors, the authorities scramble to uncover what lies beneath, while Shanghai’s fate remains unknown.