Police Comics #90

Plastic Man and Woozy Winks stumble onto a baffling case when merchant ships begin falling victim to pirate attacks on the high seas—but this is the twentieth century, and piracy shouldn't exist. The trail leads back to Brainy Rivers, a recently released convict who's become obsessed with pirate lore and has reinvented himself as Captain Rivers, assembling a crew to raid vessels for their cargo. As Plastic Man investigates the waterfront for connections to this unlikely criminal scheme, he'll need to uncover what Rivers truly plans before more ships meet their doom.

In this 1949 humor tale from Police Comics #90, Dewey storms off in frustration when his new crow refuses to talk—only to find the bird suddenly speaking, echoing his own sharp remarks about Clem Ratfield with surprising precision.

The Spirit stumbles onto a sinister mystery when a police officer is found dead at the carnival attraction known as the Upside Down House, with a ransom note and stolen museum painting adding to the puzzle. Working with his sidekick Ebony, The Spirit discovers the carnival houses are secretly connected, leading him to uncover a scheme involving a museum guard and a fortune hidden beneath the "Haunted House" next door. It's a case that requires equal parts detective work and quick thinking to stop the culprits before they make their escape.