Police Comics #123

Ken Shannon arrives at a nightclub seized by the brutal Turgg brothers to investigate a baffling murder—one of the four racketeers is found dead with a broken neck, killed by an invisible strangler in a locked room with no witnesses. As the threats escalate and another body falls, Shannon must untangle the mystery before the unseen killer claims the rest of the Turggs in "Death Came Screaming."

On Halloween night, homicide inspector Marty Denver discovers two bodies at a mansion—one dead, one barely clinging to life—and finds himself tangled in a web of motives involving a film contract, a will change, and embezzled securities. As Denver and his partner Cassidy work to untangle the case, a mysterious gunman surfaces, a second killer strikes from the shadows, and each suspect points an accusing finger at the others. Denver must separate the Halloween pranksters from the real murderer before the killer disappears into the night.

T-Man Pete Trask parachutes into North Korea on a dangerous mission to recover a half-million dollars in American currency hidden in Pyongyang before enemy forces can use it—and quickly finds himself caught between the Communists hunting him and a mysterious woman named Lin Toy who may be his only way out. With General Sinchon closing in and torture his certain fate, Trask must outwit ruthless interrogators and find a way to escape with both the money and his life intact.

Detective Alan Sykes examines the body of wealthy Mrs. Tyler Forbes, found at the base of a cliff below her home, and questions her husband about how the tragedy occurred. When Mr. Forbes claims a freak wind knocked his wife over the edge with a sun umbrella, Sykes spots a critical flaw in the story—and arrests him on suspicion of murder.

Patrolman Jim Blaine's Broadway beat turns explosive when a desperate scientist claims to possess an atomic bomb in a suitcase and demands safe passage out of the city—threatening to detonate it if anyone tries to stop him. Racing against time through the streets of New York, Blaine pursues the unstable man through crowds and buildings, searching for a way to stop him before disaster strikes. When the suitcase vanishes during the chase, Blaine discovers a crucial clue that could lead him to the bomb's hidden location.