Smash Comics #47

Midnight, the masked vigilante, finds himself the target of a million-dollar bounty from the underworld—no one dares claim it until Brains Baroni steps forward with a plan so slick it promises to eliminate the hero with zero risk.

When the Notorious Yokukasa Brothers appear on the neighborhood block with explosives disguised as toys, Lady Luck springs into action to protect the local kids and a nearby war factory from danger. With help from her sidekicks Peecolo and Pinky, she takes on the cunning villains in a high-flying battle that tests her jiu-jitsu skills and quick thinking. Even when the odds seem stacked against her, Lady Luck refuses to back down from stopping this sinister scheme.

Rookie Rankin wages his own battle against the city's gambling rackets when he targets Sloop Tager's poolroom, only to find himself framed by the real kingpin, Boss Pete Pinero. Now branded as a corrupt cop and stripped of his badge, Rankin must go undercover to expose the full network of the gambling ring and reclaim his name. Watch as this ambitious young officer turns the tables on the very crooks who tried to destroy him.

In "Another William Tell," set during the war-torn backdrop of 1943, Major Hurtz greets a delegation of Japanese officials in Poland, where their chilling strategy targets the elusive Marksman with a plan designed to force him into the open. The story unfolds with tense intrigue as the enemy’s cruelty takes a calculated turn, testing the Marksman’s resolve in ways that go beyond the battlefield.

In "Mary Slade," a young girl is wrongly accused of her brother's murder, thrusting her into a web of suspicion during wartime. With the help of the Yankee Eagle, the truth begins to unfold—uncovering a secret radio transmitter and a cousin entangled in espionage for the Japanese.

In "The Adventure of Stoneface!" from Smash Comics #47 (1943), Stoneface tracks down Rad Romsey, the gang chief, at his hidden lair, offering his brutal skills to eliminate the Jester—the same killer who murdered Romsey’s partner, Vikko Voroni. With tension thick and loyalties untested, the meeting sets a dangerous course, but the outcome remains uncertain.