Police Comics #58

In "The Green Terror," a scientist obsessed with botanical experimentation turns his knowledge into a deadly weapon, targeting those who wronged him. When his rival Woozy destroys one of his experiments, the Green Terror unleashes a monstrous plant that suffocates with poisonous gas—its green blood a grim testament to his twisted transformation.

Flatfoot Burns springs into action when a gang of "Monday Men"—clothesline thieves capitalizing on the postwar clothing shortage—targets the neighborhood's laundry, eventually kidnapping Mrs. Beagle's husband's undershirt and demanding ransom. Using a pair of dropped flannel longies as bait and a fake newspaper headline to flush out the crooks, Burns finds himself captured and taken to an old cemetery hideout where the gang plans to dispose of him. With quick thinking and a supernatural assist, Burns turns the tables on the thieves and recovers Mrs. Beagle's precious wash—though her final complaint proves the real twist.