National Comics #18

In "The Bombing of Pearl Harbor," a 1941 tale from National Comics #18, the Axis Powers launch a surprise assault on Pearl Harbor, Guam, and even Portland, Maine—though the Germans are behind the attack on the Pacific base. As Buddy devises a clever wire net to disable enemy aircraft, Uncle Sam draws strength from the Spirit of John Paul Jones, rallying America’s retired frigates to turn the tide at sea, even as enemy forces push toward Boston.

Windy Breeze, the self-proclaimed champion of tall tales, agrees to put one of his wildly improbable yarns to the lie detector test at police headquarters—only to discover someone's been tinkering with the machine. This 1941 humor story from National Comics offers a hilarious look at what happens when a master storyteller meets a rigged truth-teller.

In "The Twelve Duplicate Jurors," mobster Dutch Hanson pulls off a daring courtroom deception, replacing key witnesses with his own men—only to be outsmarted by Quicksilver, who turns the trial into a trap by freeing the real witnesses and exposing the impostors. With a clever twist and a flash of speed, Quicksilver unravels the scheme before the jury even reaches a verdict.