Man Comics #26

In "Behind the False Face!" from Man Comics #26 (1953), when a high-stakes UN vote threatens to shift the balance of power, the Reds send their most dangerous agent—False Face, the super crook with a million ugly faces—to sabotage the effort. With Carol’s father John Carter now standing in for Norovia’s absent minister, and Bob temporarily serving as mayor for the day, the two find themselves caught in a deadly game of deception when False Face and his gang hijack the city’s leadership to abduct Carter and the girls. Written and illustrated with sharp, pulpy energy, this 9-page adventure unfolds in the shadowy alleys of Chinatown, where Bob and the Troubleshooters race against time to save their friends before the clock runs out.

In "The Tarantula's Web," U.N. Security Police agent Lance investigates the theft of the deadly "H" Ray plans at a New Mexico bunker, following strange silken threads and mysterious tracks into the desert. There, he encounters a reclusive hermit who claims to be more than human—and whose secret leads to a shocking confrontation with a monstrous tarantula that may be more than it seems.

In "The Dead Ringer!", Mr. Brant’s U.N. mission to the desert kingdom of Idnshar takes a wild turn when teenage Bob discovers he’s the exact double of the young King Ibn-Taub—just as Colonel Faroun’s plot to seize power and ally with the Soviets begins to unfold. With the king mistaken for Bob and the teen locked in a shrinking dungeon, the Troubleshooters and a stranded American salesman named Willy Wonder must use a trusty tractor and quick thinking to stop the coup before it’s too late.