Slam-Bang Comics #3

Diamond Jack confronts the dread sorcerer known as the Green Devil, whose mastery of dark magic has thrown the world's magicians into chaos and enslaved countless victims on the mysterious Death Island. When a young woman named Marianna Noris seeks out the gem-powered magician for help rescuing her brother, Jack must infiltrate the Green Devil's fortress and battle an army of the living dead to stop the villain's plan for global conquest. This 1940 adventure pits magic against magic in a desperate race to free the enslaved and prevent the Green Devil from seizing control of the world.

Jim Dolan, editor of *Daring Detective* magazine, becomes the target of a vicious racketeer operation when he's assigned to investigate a crime wave plaguing the city—and his near-fatal encounter with the gang's hired thugs only sharpens his resolve. After faking his own death to draw out his enemies, Jim pursues the criminals through a series of daring confrontations, racing against time to save his secretary Sally from the gang's clutches. What he uncovers about the true identity of the racketeer chief will shake the city's highest levels of power.

When a young man is falsely accused of murder and faces a lynch mob, Lucky Lawton shoots him down from the noose and spirits him to safety—but the real killer, the ruthless outlaw Weasel Joe, has other plans. As Joe's gang strikes again with bank robbery and bloodshed, Lucky tracks them down in a desperate race against time to prove the boy's innocence and stop Joe's reign of terror before it claims another victim.

Young Mark Swift and his teacher journey back to 1699 aboard the Time Retarder, only to stumble upon the notorious pirate Blackbeard and his crew burying treasure on a tropical island. After rescuing a wounded pirate named Patch from Blackbeard's treachery, the time-travelers find themselves imprisoned aboard the pirate ship—but they hatch a clever plan to turn the superstitious crew's own fears against them. What unfolds is a swashbuckling battle on the high seas as Mark, Kent, and their allies fight to stop Blackbeard's reign of terror.

In "The Djinn," a desert sheik’s jungle safari ends in slaughter at the hands of vengeful djinns, leaving only his daughter, Ameera, alive. When Lee Granger comes to her aid, the spirits turn their wrath on a nearby pygmy village—and seize Granger. Ameera takes the lead in a daring rescue, navigating the jungle’s dangers with courage and resolve.