Keen Detective Funnies #8

A fingerprint expert must hunt down a serial killer after discovering a crucial clue—strange prints left at the scene of Eric Carlton's murder—but his investigation puts him squarely in the gangsters' crosshairs. When the evidence is stolen and he's nearly killed in a vicious ambush, the detective goes rogue to track down his suspects on his own, following the trail to an ornate riverside mansion where the real work is just beginning.

In "The Hawk," Masked Marvel and his team race across the Pacific to stop an elusive international criminal whose weekly heists have baffled the police. Tracking a clue from a captured henchman to the luxury casino ship *Queen*, they uncover a daring plan involving a hidden volcano lair in Mexico—where The Hawk prepares to eliminate his own crew and seize the spoils. With the clock ticking and a teleferique linking the summit to the underground fortress, Masked Marvel and his assistants launch a daring assault, unaware that the mountain itself may be their greatest adversary.

In "Wharf Rat," Hunt and Tom go after the notorious thief Slug Barton and his gang on the gritty waterfront, only to be captured themselves. After a tense escape, they race to bring Barton to justice in a showdown that puts their courage to the test.

In "The Case of the Millionaire Playboy," the Master Mind faces a web of suspects, each with motive and opportunity, as he untangles the murder of the enigmatic J. Elliot Fiske. With only six pages to piece together the truth, every alibi and clue could be a trap—can the detective outwit the killer before the next clue vanishes?

When a prominent attorney nominated for prosecutor vanishes under mysterious circumstances, Detective Mike Moran takes the case and uncovers a dangerous connection to crime boss Rego Reccini—and a shocking reason why the candidate wanted out. Racing against time to a warehouse hideout, Moran must navigate gunfire and betrayal to save a man caught between the law and the underworld.

Captain Forsyth's quiet Hong Kong vacation is upended when a mysterious explosion destroys a native junk near his ship, and he's called upon to investigate. Using deduction and radio detection, Forsyth uncovers a clandestine operation launching floating radio-controlled bombs at the naval base—and must track down those responsible before the next attack succeeds. A spy-hunting thriller that proves even a man on leave can't escape duty when lives hang in the balance.

Dean Denton, a scientific detective and former ventriloquist, returns to Hollywood with an Aztec chief and his assistant Carol, only to be drawn into a dangerous espionage case when a wounded Army operative reveals plans for an imminent foreign naval attack. Working alongside Major Hunt at the Presidio, Dean devises an ingenious scheme involving a fake ray-projector to convince enemy spies that the U.S. possesses a devastating new weapon. Will his audacious bluff succeed in stopping the threat before time runs out?

Dr. Luke S. May, the Pacific Northwest's renowned criminologist, has built a reputation solving hundreds of seemingly unsolvable cases that stumped local police across Oregon, Washington, and beyond. A former private detective and deputy sheriff in over a hundred counties, May brings tireless investigative work and unconventional methods—including studying astrology on one notorious murder case—to crack the baffling crimes others couldn't.