Hit Comics #63

Jeb Rivers, a daring gentleman adventurer, confronts the notorious cheater Joker Poole in a high-stakes poker game aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exposing him as a card cheat and challenging him to a duel. When Poole later resurfaces as a gambling racketeer wielding control over several plantation owners through their debts of honor, Rivers must settle an old score while protecting his new friends from financial ruin. This action-packed tale captures the romantic intrigue and danger of the old Mississippi in all its glory.

J.P. Jollykins faces a social catastrophe when his prize chef storms out just hours before an important dinner party, leaving him scrambling to find replacement staff—until he discovers that his vagabond friend Sir Roger can cook a mean mulligan stew. With Sir Roger and his fellow drifters pressed into service as butlers and chef, the evening takes an unexpected turn when one of the guests triggers a shocking revelation that puts the whole affair in jeopardy.

When Bob Masters and Swab Decker stumble upon a distressed young woman near an oil well, they think they've found the ticket to easy riches—but what starts as a scheme to strike it rich quickly spirals into comedy as the duo tries to sell shares and secure their fortune. Their dreams of becoming wealthy sailors face a series of complications that test their confidence and resourcefulness. Bob and Swab discover that in the oil business, things aren't always what they seem.

When the indictment against murderers Sphynx Lauren and Lefty Domingo is mysteriously dismissed by Judge Balfour, District Attorney Betty Bates grows suspicious—especially when she discovers the judge has vanished and someone else is sitting on the bench. Racing against time to uncover the conspiracy, Bates must navigate a dangerous web of corruption and impersonation to expose the truth and reclaim justice before the killers slip through the system entirely.