New Adventure Comics #12

In "Episode 11," Kendal Quick and Marjorie make a daring break from the Governor's castle, only to face Spanish guards blocking their escape. With Dufoe and Lord Barlow caught in the tension, the pair must fight their way through a storm of danger to reach the safety of an English ship.

In the crumbling heart of an old warehouse, Jim Gale and Frog Morton plunge through a rotten floor, plunging into hidden waters below. As Kim pulls Gale to safety, Morton is lost to the current—while Gale, facing the consequences of his past, tries to win back Louise Vallen’s trust with a heartfelt proposal, only to be turned away.

Andy Handy, deep in a high-stakes poker game, loses his fortune to a superior hand—only to shrug it off when informed his house is ablaze.

Loopy’s latest prank backfires when he swaps an exploding cigar meant for Joe with the real one, accidentally handing it to Officer Kelly. Now Joe’s in on the joke, and the officer’s got a fiery surprise—just as the punchline starts to unfold.

In "Episode 7," Pan Chi-Lou arrives ahead of the others, having taken a dangerous shortcut, just as the Mongols are driven back once more. With the gold pieces from Genghis Khan’s lost treasure still fresh in mind, Pan shares his growing concerns with Ian, Ken, and Murphy about what might lie ahead. The final panel hints at a new threat—shadowy Dragon Priests already plotting to intercept the weapons caravan bound for the Ja-Lama.

In a 1937 fantasy told by Professor Grant, the future of crime detection unfolds in the year 3000 A.D., where Jor-L, a Federal Man from the distant age, races to the Mountains of Mars in his space flyer. There, he confronts Nira-Q, the bandit queen, and her Martian gang, whose criminal schemes threaten a ship carrying a priceless radium cargo. As the mystery unfolds, the story explores the strange fate of those who fall to the law—revealing a future where even the most hardened criminals may be remade.