Police Comics #17

Manhunter and his faithful dog Thor take on one of their deadliest cases yet when a ruthless, whip-wielding criminal called Red Haired Kate and her gang strike hard and fast—robbing an armored car and killing a cop in cold blood. As Manhunter races to stop Kate's violent spree through the city's underworld, he discovers she's far more dangerous and unpredictable than any crook he's faced before, leading to a brutal confrontation where both hunter and hunted are pushed to their limits.

In "Have You Seen Him?", Destiny finds his usual sanctuary breached when the elusive killer Oscar Jones—responsible for the murder of 711—tracks him down. With his powers failing and the city in chaos, Destiny must confront a threat that refuses to vanish, even as he tries to slip into his usual trance. The story unfolds with tense urgency, as the hunt for Jones becomes a race against time and a test of Destiny’s limits.

Burp the Twerp springs into action when a giant black-widow spider escapes and terrorizes the city, trapping victims in her web. Armed with his signature "super reform juice," Burp confronts the menacing arachnid in a wild battle to save the innocent. It's a fast-paced, humorous clash between a super-powered goofball and one of nature's most dangerous predators.

In "Mystery of the Black Cat!" from Police Comics #17 (1943), Jo reads Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling tale to her guests when a real-life cat’s cry sends a shiver through the room—only for one of them to be found dead moments later, his face marked by claw-like wounds. Phantom Lady soon uncovers a sinister plot: two Nazis, hired to plant a bomb at Senator Knight’s home, are behind the terror.

In this 1943 tale from Police Comics #17, when reporters Olson and Larson snap a photo of Roy Lincoln in his Human Bomb costume, Hustace takes drastic measures to mislead them—posing as the hero and using explosive powers to create chaos, all to throw the investigation off track.