Master Comics #42

Bulletman and Bulletgirl discover a sinister underworld racket: "Lloyds of Crime," a criminal insurance house that pays off crooks when their jobs fail—but only if they succeed often enough to stay profitable. When the flying detective and his partner keep interfering with scores, the Lloyd's operation sets an elaborate trap with fake crimes to lure them into a setup, all while studying their fighting methods for a bigger play. It's a cleverly twisted scheme where the heroes' own success becomes the target.

Minute Man investigates Nazi sabotage at a wartime munitions plant near an abandoned Civil War fort on the South Atlantic coast, where he encounters Johnny Reb and uncovers an extraordinary mystery: the fort has become a hideout for enemy spies, while a Confederate soldier still guards the river with a sunken submarine, unable to accept that his war ended nearly eighty years ago. As the heroes face capture and the plant faces destruction, they must find a way to stop the saboteurs before they strike.

When a young magician named Balbo stumbles upon "Slick Ace" Walsh hawking dollar bills for a dime, what seems like an obvious counterfeiting scheme takes a peculiar turn—the bills are genuine, but why would anyone knowingly lose money at such a rate? As Balbo investigates, he uncovers a dangerous con that puts both him and his friend John in mortal peril, forcing him to rely on his magic tricks and quick thinking to survive a desperate situation.

When bandit Lars Dorkin overhears that Professor Aker's butterfly collection is worth $50,000, he raids the wagon and forces the naturalist and his quick-thinking daughter to hunt down rare specimens for him at gunpoint. Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy and Deputy Mesquite Jenkins must track Dorkin's hidden camp and devise an ingenious trap before the Professor and his daughter come to harm.