Smash Comics #24

In "null," The Ray and Bud find themselves drawn into the world of the circus after rescuing aerialists from an unexpected assault. There, they uncover a hidden FBI agent quietly working to bring down Vera, the skilled equestrienne, as secrets begin to unravel beneath the big top’s glittering lights.

In "The Circus Mystery," Jo, a circus performer with a troupe of trained monkeys, pulls off a daring theft that pulls Midnight away from his evening plans. As the hero investigates the scam, Doc and Gabby arrive with their latest invention—a mind-reading device—ready to crack the case, but the real challenge may be figuring out who’s really behind the act.

Kent Thurston, the invisible master of espionage, trails a suspicious native into the Panamanian jungle and uncovers a hidden Mayan city—where a usurper tyrant named Chac Mool rules from an ancient temple and harbors foreign spies plotting sabotage against the Panama Canal. Now invisible and vastly outnumbered, Thurston must stop the conspiracy and rescue the city's rightful king, Chima, before they're both sacrificed before the dreaded "Face" of Tezcapoca.

In "null" from Smash Comics #24 (1941), Hazzard and Bozo confront a bizarre gang of mobsters whose headless suits are designed to terrify victims into submission—leaving readers wondering just how far the fear can go.