National Comics #72

Sally O'Neil, policewoman, pursues a peculiar crime wave plaguing her city—a series of perfectly executed robberies with no witnesses and no clear motive beyond theft. When a chance observation about a small boy lingering near a crime scene sparks her suspicion, Sally closes in on the mastermind: a vindictive carnival midget who reinvented himself as Mr. Malevolence and has been using his size to slip past unsuspecting victims. This clever detective tale pits wits and nerve against a criminal who thought his stature made him invisible to justice.

When waterfront detective Steve Wood stumbles onto a string of drownings that seem too connected to be accidents, his investigation leads him to the mysterious Squid—a ruthless dope runner operating in the harbor. With help from a small-time addict called Dopey Dan and a keen eye for an underwater scheme, Wood must track down this menace before more people die. It's a noir tale of murder, narcotics, and a killer hiding in plain sight beneath the waves.