Police Comics #25

In "The Rare Edition Murders," Plastic Man dives into a bizarre mystery when a series of murders erupts over a long-lost book, each victim driven by an obsession to possess it. With a twisted war veteran known only as Number Seven wielding a gun that fires liquid fire, the hero must stretch his limits to unravel the truth behind the killings before the flames consume another soul.

Burp the Twerp is eager to join the Scouts and thinks he's got what it takes, armed with plenty of defensive equipment and determination. But when he demonstrates just how prepared he really is, the Scout leaders discover there might be such a thing as being a little *too* ready for action. This quick-witted 1943 gag proves that enthusiasm alone doesn't always guarantee membership.

When the deposed president Dr. Prince von Kalm arrives in America as a refugee from the dictator-controlled nation of Slavia, he's immediately cornered by secret police agents—but his real nightmare begins when they reveal his daughter has been captured back home. The Spirit intervenes to help, but von Kalm's desperation to save his child plays right into a sinister trap that forces our masked hero to infiltrate a fortress deep in the snow-capped mountains of Slavia itself. With danger closing in from every side, The Spirit must outwit a ruthless dictator and his guards to rescue both father and daughter—and maybe recover something the F.B.I. would very much like to see.