Red Seal Comics #18

Jim Collins, the fugitive outlaw known as the Gay Desperado, investigates mysterious rustlers terrorizing Ben Morton's ranch—only to uncover a scheme far more calculated than ghostly hauntings. When a marked playing card becomes the key to a conspiracy involving railroad interests and forged land options, the Gay Desperado must outwit a corrupt mob boss before an innocent rancher signs away everything. Can he clear his own name and expose the real villains before the law closes in?

When a widow in a sleepy New England town is found brutally attacked, detectives must untangle a web of jealousy and deception to find her killer. A man named George Warner becomes the prime suspect after a heated argument with the victim at a local inn, but a detective's instinct about a crucial detail—and some abandoned shoes and hats—points to a far more sinister scheme. As the investigation widens across state lines, "The Whispering Bride" reveals that not everything (or everyone) at a honeymoon boarding house is what it seems.