Keen Detective Funnies #21

Dean Denton, America's celebrated ventriloquist-turned-scientific detective, arrives in England to find the nation gripped by a counterfeiting crisis—nearly perfect forged pound notes are crippling the economy, and Scotland Yard is baffled. When the British government calls on Denton for help, his investigation points to an inside job at the very heart of the currency printing operation, leading him into a deadly trap in the shadowy streets of Limehouse. With his assistant Carol Kane in danger and the clock ticking, Denton must use his scientific wits to uncover the conspiracy before the criminals cover their tracks—and him—forever.

Dean Masters, the district attorney, secures a home for a young boy and helps a crook named Dapper Malone turn his life around—but when Dapper refuses a lucrative heist proposed by the ruthless Mike Bacco, the gangster exacts a terrible revenge. Grief-stricken and hunted by police who suspect him of the jewel robbery, Dapper tears through the city to confront Bacco and settle accounts at the Cottonwood Hotel.

A washed-up boxer named Tiny Lonergan prepares for what he hopes will be his final fight against heavyweight champion Kid Wilson, unaware that Wilson's handlers have concocted a dangerous scheme involving a potent odorless ether to sabotage their rival fighter. When a mysterious force known as the Eye appears to guide Tiny with advice, the stage is set for a night where cheaters and their own treachery will meet their reckoning in the ring.