Slam-Bang Comics #6

In the 1940 issue of Slam-Bang Comics, Jo finds herself at rock bottom after losing everything at a high-stakes casino, ready to end it all—until Zoro steps in, asking her to wait just a little longer while he uncovers the dark secrets behind the game.

Hurricane Hansen combs the seas aboard his armed raider, hunting for the Floating Fortress—a Kazilian stronghold supplying enemy forces. When Hansen intercepts a Kazilian convoy, he infiltrates the supply ship, subdues its crew, and discovers a map revealing the fortress's location. Now Hansen and his first mate Appleby must devise a dangerous plan to breach the magnetic mines protecting the stronghold and strike a decisive blow against the enemy stronghold.

Jim Dolan, editor-detective, must rescue his kidnapped secretary Sally after she stumbles onto a sinister plot at a steamship office. When Zoto, a ruthless outlaw politician from Porto Grando, learns that Sally has discovered his scheme to assassinate Ambassador Hernandez and seize power back home, he moves quickly to silence her—but Jim is hot on the trail. With Sally in danger and the ambassador's arrival at the harbor just hours away, Jim devises a daring plan to outwit Zoto and his gang before it's too late.

Diamond Jack answers an urgent summons from Professor Jerral and discovers that the Sky Demon—a sorcerer from his past—has turned the professor's daughter to stone as bait to lure him into a trap. Pursuing the villain to a magical tower that stretches into the clouds, Jack must battle the Sky Demon and his supernatural creations to stop the sorcerer's scheme to conquer Earth. With only his magic diamond against the Sky Demon's enchanted cloak, this confrontation will test the magician's wits and power in a battle fought among the very clouds themselves.

Mark Swift and Rodney Kent travel back to 331 B.C. via the Time Retarder, arriving at the Battle of Arbela just as Alexander the Great clashes with the Persian Empire and the towering forces of King Darius. Caught in the middle of a legendary conflict, the two time travelers find themselves swept up in the battle itself, forced to choose sides and fight for survival as ancient armies collide around them.