National Comics #46

When a desperate kid named Sonny Day shows up at the circus looking for refuge from what he claims are gangsters, The Barker and his circus pals think the boy's wild tale of a sinister uncle and a mysterious doctor is just an over-active imagination—until they decide to investigate and discover the truth behind the mansion and the suspicious characters who want to keep Sonny isolated. Now The Barker and his circus crew must navigate a dangerous situation that's far darker than anyone bargained for.

In "Case No. 20... The Vase of Kwan-Yin," G-2 teams up with a renowned art expert to track down a stolen artifact—the legendary Kwan-Yin Vase from Tambang—said to grant leadership to its holder, all while navigating the shadows of wartime espionage in the Pacific.

Intellectual Amos ventures into the cemetery on a spooky night and encounters two peculiar supernatural companions: Horrible Horace, a ghost plagued by his own failure as a horror, and Wilbur, a lisping hobgoblin. When explosions rock the graveyard, the trio stumbles onto a sinister plot involving Von Hogg, a saboteur who's hidden dangerous explosives near a defense plant, and they must uncover the truth before catastrophe strikes.

Windy Breeze fancies himself the greatest swimmer alive, and when his nephew challenges that claim during a boat outing, the self-proclaimed "Waterdog" launches into an outlandish tall tale about surviving a sunken ship by diving a mile deep and planting corn on his chest. But reality has a way of catching up with a compulsive liar, especially when you're out on the water.

When Japanese forces occupy the Dutch East Indies, aging Captain Marlin refuses to abandon his beloved concrete loading barge, the Yeoman Third, even as he's forced to run supplies for the invaders—but his loyalty to his ungainly vessel takes on new meaning when the American destroyer 171 arrives with orders to sink the barge and block the harbor. As enemy fire and darkness close in on both vessels, Captain Marlin faces an impossible choice between his ship and his duty to the Navy he once served.