Mystery Men Comics #19

In "null," Rex Dexter stumbles upon a talking crow in a ship’s junk room, a being once human who recounts a harrowing journey to Mercury with his wife. When the crow reveals the planet’s giant ruler despises Earthlings and turns them into animals to hunt, Rex and Cynde set off to confront the menace—only to find themselves in a battle of wits and wills on a world where the rules of life are twisted.

Agent D-8 has infiltrated a smuggling ring stealing industrial tools for a foreign power, but when the operation turns murderous, the stakes become personal—and Agent D-8 pays the ultimate price. Now D-8's sister takes matters into her own hands, using her chemistry knowledge to orchestrate a trap at the docks that will expose the entire operation. When a mysterious masked woman calling herself Miss X arrives to help Lt. Drake and his team, it becomes clear that vengeance and justice are about to collide in a warehouse full of spies and smugglers.

D-13, Secret Agent Extraordinary, uncovers a dangerous sabotage plot when explosions target the Bermuda Naval Base—and a spotted ring leads him straight to the Nordland Bund and their Prussland allies. When D-13 and a fellow operative are captured and learn of a deadly liquid explosive being smuggled aboard military coal shipments, they must escape and race against time to stop the delivery before the explosives reach their intended targets. It's a wild chase through enemy territory that will test his wits, courage, and marksmanship.

When a mysterious visitor named Ho Sing calls on collector William Crane to view his prized ruby-encrusted Buddha, he's actually the vengeful Chen Chang in disguise—sworn to reclaim the sacred artifact for China. What begins as a theft spirals into kidnapping and murder when Chen Chang's men seize Crane's daughter Vickie and her friend Richard Kendall, dragging them aboard a junk bound for the waterfront. Trapped below deck as Chen Chang sets the ship ablaze to cover his escape, the two must fight their way out before the flames consume them—and face down their captor in a desperate struggle on the open water.

When a priceless Van Dyck painting vanishes from the art museum, the Lynx and his young companion Blackie discover the theft is far more sinister than a simple heist—the mysterious criminal known as the Rook has returned from the dead with a hypnotic ray and a vengeful plot for revenge. As Baldy Burke and his gang converge on the same prize, the Lynx must navigate a web of betrayal, mind control, and hidden caverns beneath the city to stop the Rook before his schemes claim more victims.