National Comics #45

The Barker and his circus crew roll into Grabbville—a crooked town run by thugs and bent politicians—only to discover Colonel Lane has signed them into a peace bond that'll cost five grand if anyone throws a punch. With Sam Smart assigned to watch their every move and the locals doing everything they can to provoke a fight, Carnie Callahan has to outsmart the Mayor and his gang while keeping his scrap-happy pals under control. It's a high-wire act of wit and restraint in a town where trouble is the only business in town, brought to life by Klaus Nordling.

When FBI Agent Neemans is killed investigating a spy cell, G-2 (Captain Don Leash) takes over the case and tracks the remaining Axis agents to a secret laboratory where they're developing a deadly biological weapon. As G-2 closes in, the desperate spies—Narmanx, Kara, and Vilmo—make a final, catastrophic stand to unleash their plague upon the city.

Windy Breeze boasts about his legendary mushroom-growing prowess to a skeptical youngster, spinning tall tales of impossibly massive crops and secret underground gardens. When the lad questions whether Windy truly knows the difference between mushrooms and toadstools, the old-timer's confidence gets a humbling lesson the very next day.

When policewoman Sally O'Neill takes a bet that she can handle any case using only her wits and her purse, a dangerous escaped killer named Terrible Toomey gives her the chance to prove it—he's sworn revenge on the cop who sent him to prison and is hunting her down. Tracking Toomey to his girlfriend Kit Kett's apartment, Sally sets a trap, but when the killer and his accomplice corner her inside, she'll have to get creative with what's in her bag to survive the night.

In "Good Neighbors -- Yes," Uncle Sam answers a call from the president of Zatlan, journeying south to confront a criminal ring fomenting unrest and threatening the nation’s stability. With the fate of a fragile democracy hanging in the balance, Uncle Sam must navigate a web of deception and danger in a country where loyalty is tested and the line between ally and enemy blurs.

When the U.S.S. Pawnee's steering gear fails mid-mission, Lt. Commander Blake must push his damaged destroyer to intercept a Japanese ship before it can warn enemy forces of an American landing in the Carolines. Executive Officer Conroy volunteers for a desperate gambit—a lifeboat infiltration that goes dangerously wrong when Captain Saito sees through the deception, forcing a savage fight for survival aboard the enemy vessel. What follows is a race against time as Blake brings the crippled Pawnee into battle to save both his men and the invasion fleet, with honor and duty hanging in the balance.