Men of Mystery Comics #61

In the snow-draped Bavarian Alps, blind orphan Susi finds solace in her imaginary friend Grulla—until one night, the boy from her dreams steps into the real world, whispers a promise, and vanishes. When a childless couple arrives at the orphanage to adopt, they choose Susi, and the husband, a skilled eye surgeon, bears the same name as her only friend.

In "Pearls of Perella," Chase Yale stumbles upon a quiet coastal town where the sea holds more than just treasure—when he rescues a young girl from a thug, he uncovers a web of coercion spun by a corrupt pearl company exploiting the local divers. As he digs deeper, the line between protector and outsider blurs in a place where every pearl carries a secret.

In "The Water Fuel," Captain Albright is dispatched to New Guinea to address a critical fuel shortage threatening military operations. When he devises a breakthrough using his experimental water fuel, the Japanese commander, Captain Isho, takes notice—and sets his sights on stealing the formula, and the man behind it, Ikky.