Hit Comics #57

Kid Eternity stumbles upon a farm boy named Jerry Monroe, who's been falsely accused of murdering Major Pollock and forced into hiding—all part of a sinister scheme by a villain named Crake to seize control of the county through deception. With the help of heroes summoned from the realm beyond, Kid Eternity works to uncover Crake's treacherous plot and clear Jerry's name before the criminal can tighten his grip on the community.

Two carefree sailors hitch a ride to the Rollerdrome, a skating hotspot five miles out of town, where a young woman and a marine are already having a swell time on the rink—until her father shows up and things take a comedic tumble. When a radio report about a stock market crash hits the household, the family's fortunes crumble just as quickly, and the girl must face her friends with some difficult news about a promise she can no longer keep.

Betty Bates, a fearless District Attorney, receives a mysterious tip to investigate the Full Moon Cafe—but walks straight into a deadly trap orchestrated by the criminal mastermind known as the Skeleton. With only her wits and her nerve, Betty must fight her way through the cafe's private back rooms, outwit her captors, and uncover where the narcotics ring is hiding its contraband before she becomes another casualty of their operation.

Sir Roger and his friend Chauncey board a freight train where they encounter a gypsy fortune-teller's granddaughter, Gypsy Nose Gay, who claims an ancient love charm will make them fall for her—and they do, helplessly. Desperate to fund her hunt for a wealthy husband, she enslaves the two lovestruck men, working them to exhaustion and even selling their blood, until a mishap with her charm sends everything topsy-turvy on the eve of her wedding to a millionaire. This 1949 tale from Hit Comics delivers a cheeky reversal as fortune, magic, and comeuppance tangle in delightfully unexpected ways.