Police Comics #14

Plastic Man goes undercover to infiltrate a black market racket run by ruthless criminals, while his unwitting partner Woozy Winks stumbles into a sinister "retirement home" that's actually a front for something far more sinister. As the operation unravels, the two find themselves entangled in a wartime conspiracy that reaches far deeper than either expected, with danger lurking at every turn.

In "The Mark of the Cobra," a masked criminal strikes from the shadows of a grand opera house, leaving a trail of poison and panic. When the heroic Manhunter is wounded and his loyal dog, King, makes a desperate charge to save him, the true identity of the villain begins to unravel in the dark—just as the hero regains consciousness.

In this 1942 tale from Police Comics #14, former chemistry teacher Jo turns to madness, crafting an invisibility cloak and a disintegrating light gun to terrorize the city. When he targets the Human Bomb as the Chameleon, his own obsession leads to a fatal mistake—his final encounter with Roy's bare skin.

When the dying financier Eldas Thayer refuses to save his niece's life with a simple donation, The Spirit confronts him—but Thayer has a darker plan in mind, setting a trap that will frame the hero for murder. Now hunted by the police and Commissioner Dolan, The Spirit must evade a citywide dragnet while racing to donate his own blood and save the girl's life. It's a tale of sacrifice, duty, and the cost of doing good when the world believes you guilty.

In "The Escape of Goon McGirk," the brutal aftermath of a prison fight unfolds when racketeer Oscar Jones, driven by pride and violence, shoots and kills the inmate known as #711. The story captures the raw tension of a moment where loyalty and survival collide, as the wounded Dyce makes one final stand despite being outmatched and outnumbered.

When a prominent theater producer is murdered during a packed opera performance, police reporter Chic Carter must untangle a web of theatrical ambition and deception—a case complicated by the presence of Julio, a flamboyant actor who becomes the prime suspect. As the investigation deepens, Carter discovers a hidden murder device and a crucial piece of evidence that points toward a very different killer with a grudge against both the victim and the actor. The truth emerges in a tense game of cat-and-mouse that plays out across the opera house itself, where ambition and madness collide in the final act.