Smash Comics #28

When a criminal crew plans to level Big City with a devastating liquifying ray, Midnight and his talking companion Gabby race against time to stop them before the weapon can be unleashed. Armed with a flash ray of their own, the duo must confront the villains and their terrifying device before the city falls to ruin and looting begins. It's a race to save an entire metropolis from a fiendish sci-fi weapon in this action-packed adventure.

Archie O'Toole, a high-ranking official, interviews applicants for a stenographer position, but discovers his latest candidate doesn't even know what a typewriter is. When he attempts to dictate sensitive defense information to test her skills, her shocking unfamiliarity with the job becomes impossible to overlook. A brief, comedic look at the perils of hiring without proper vetting.

In a quiet moment at the park, Jo finds himself drawn into a mystery when he spots his two pals with a strange dummy on a bridge—its wooden head concealing a stolen necklace no one knows about. The story unfolds with a simple setup, but the hidden danger in plain sight keeps the tension taut across five pages of early adventure.

In "The Squid Strikes," rookie fishmonger Jo sets out for a mackeral and stumbles into a web of dockside crime. When he’s knocked out and whisked aboard a crook’s boat, he discovers a hidden gun inside a codfish—leading to a showdown powered by fish, quick thinking, and a surprising ally in the form of fish merchant Gus.