Four Color #56

In this 1944 mystery from Four Color #56, a woman with no memory takes a job singing at a nightclub, her past a blank slate. When she leads detective Tracy to a body in a stream, the investigation deepens into a web of secrets—only for the man’s business partner to be shot mid-conversation, leaving Tracy to piece together what really happened.

In the 1944 mystery tale "null," detective Tracy follows a trail of clues that lead to Rudy Seaton, but soon realizes the truth lies deeper. With the help of Leota Sunny—her memory restored—Tracy sets a trap to catch the real culprit, setting off a chaotic chain of events that ends in a jailbreak orchestrated by the cunning midget lawyer Jerome Trohs and his formidable wife, Mamma.

In the gritty streets of 1944, a desperate chase unfolds when Tracy is brutally attacked by Trohs and left for dead in a trash bin. As Junior and Patton each cross paths with the enigmatic Mamma and her fierce St. Bernard, a dog tag becomes the key to unraveling a web of deceit. With the pieces slowly coming together, Tracy and his men prepare to strike—just as Trohs and his gang return to their hidden lair.

In the 1944 tale "null," Trohs flees pursuit by Tracy, slipping aboard a rodeo train and claiming to be "Joe Atom," a midget cowboy when caught. Out west, he abandons the show near Doggie City, Montana, and heads toward a remote tourist camp, slipping into the shadows of the frontier.

In "null," Trosh’s plan to use the tourist camp as a hideout takes a sudden turn when Mamma—fresh from escaping jail and recognizing Trosh from a newsreel of his "Joe Atom" act—heads west to confront him. With Trosh having stolen the camp’s purchase money and the Doggie City Sheriff enlisting Tracy to track the midget thief, both Mamma and Tracy arrive at the hideout at the same time, setting the stage for a tense, unpredictable showdown.