Popular Comics #8

In "null," Northrup grows suspicious of the unusually large catch Hoiman brings home from the lake. When he investigates the scene himself, he finds the lake surface blanketed in four-leaf clovers—no fish in sight, just an odd, green carpet beneath the sky.

Skippy tosses and turns the night before the big game, trying everything from reading Dante’s Inferno to staring at the stars—nothing calms his nerves. As dawn creeps in, his exhaustion finally wins, and he drifts off, still wide awake in spirit.

In a brief, wry slice of 1936 humor, Northrup tries a glass of Hoiman’s lemonade, only to reply to the vendor’s question with a cheeky I.O.U. scrawled on the price sign—turning a simple refreshment into a moment of playful, penny-pinching wit.

In "null," young Skippy’s attempt to study is derailed by an all-consuming thought: cake. His desperate mission to the kitchen ends in a cascade of overturned cabinets, and after fleeing back to his room, he yells for his mother to quiet the chaos so he can focus—right as the noise he’s trying to escape is still echoing.