Golden Lad #5

In "The Phoney Policemen," a daring heist unfolds when criminals hide a fire bomb inside a doll and return it to Limbel's Department Store, triggering chaos with an explosion. As panic spreads, the thieves disguise themselves as police officers, using the confusion to slip in and steal money—only to face the unexpected challenge of a hero on the scene.

Enoch Sly, a centuries-old gnome searching to understand human nature, spots a ventriloquist's dummy that bears an uncanny resemblance to himself and hatches a plan to use it as a disguise to move among people undetected. When a quarrelsome magician named Presto gets involved, Enoch must navigate a chaotic backstage world of showmen and their supernatural tricks to maintain his cover. By the time the dust settles, Enoch has learned a thing or two about how humans really behave—though the lesson leaves him more puzzled than ever.

Joe gets out of prison and heads straight to an employment office looking for a fresh start—but his hopes for landing a respectable job hit an immediate snag in this short humorous tale. With Warden Claws sending him off with genuine good wishes, Joe's first day of freedom becomes a comedy of misfortune that proves the road back isn't quite as straightforward as he'd hoped.