National Comics #34

A timid librarian's daydream about a fearless pirate comes terrifyingly to life when a blow to the head transforms him into the swashbuckling Sir James Benton—complete with delusions of plundering jewelry stores as if they were treasure ships. When Chic Carter investigates a string of daring robberies, he discovers the truth is far more complicated than a madman acting alone, and a ruthless criminal outfit has been cynically exploiting Homer Weeks's confused state to pull off their heists. It's a clever mystery that turns the screwball comedy inside out, revealing a calculated scheme hidden behind all the pirate theatrics.

In "A Dream of Mars," the Unknown, a mysterious figure caught in the shadow of war, receives a cryptic summons from the goddess of Victory herself. When Mars—god of war—appears in Hitler’s dreams, the balance of fate shifts, and the Unknown is freed to turn the tide in ways no one could predict.

Captain Eddie Hickens and his crew cling to survival on a Pacific raft after their plane goes down, but their desperate S.O.S. attracts deadly attention—a Japanese battle raider spots the signal first. The U.S.S. Pawnee, under Lt. Commander Harvey Blake, races against the clock in a high-stakes naval chase to reach Hickens before the enemy does, testing the courage of both seasoned sailors and fresh recruits alike.

When a bellhop's account of four men in a hotel room gets him labeled insane, G-2—Captain Don Leash's spy-fighting alter ego—knows there's more to the story than anyone's letting on. The true target was a committee of government leaders lured to the Hotel Braganza by forged reservations, and a masked assassin working for a Nazi spy ring has plans to eliminate another group the same way. G-2 must stop the plot before another set of victims falls prey to the hotel's deadly setup.