Modern Comics #77

The Blackhawks investigate a string of catastrophic explosions that have claimed the lives of three brilliant scientists—the Martek brothers—each working on revolutionary experiments in remote corners of the globe, and now race to find the sole survivor, Gant Martek, before sabotage strikes again. Their search leads them to a hidden temple in South America's fire mountain country, where they discover Gant under siege by a mysterious army of beast-men—forcing the team to fight their way through to uncover who orchestrated the deadly attacks on the Martek family's groundbreaking work.

Dogtag enters an annual twenty-mile race to Coleville for the hundred-dollar prize, but hatches a scheme to take a shortcut while the other runners stick to the official route. His plan to hitchhike his way to an easy victory quickly goes sideways when he gets a ride in a truck full of pigs, oversleeps, and finds himself scrambling through poison ivy to catch up. By the time Dogtag staggers across the finish line, his unconventional journey has left him in considerably worse shape than the legitimate racers.