Smash Comics #5

In "Troops Clash in Moravia," Chic finds himself caught in a tense political crisis after being sent to Moravia to report on military clashes. When he intervenes to stop an attack on a young woman, she’s taken, and Chic is arrested—only to uncover that the victim is Princess Maria, whose abduction sets off a dangerous ultimatum from her captor.

John Law, the brilliant scientist-lawyer known as the Scientective, investigates a series of mysterious train wrecks on the deadly "Mystery Mile" section of Edgar Karr's railroad—sabotage orchestrated by the super-criminal The Avenger, who's threatening Karr's life. When Law and Karr are trapped by The Avenger's ingenious electromagnetic device, it's up to Law to outwit the criminal mastermind and save the Governor's train from meeting the same fate as all the others.

Wings Wendall spots a suspicious camera plane during New York's massive air maneuvers and discovers it's part of an enemy spy ring photographing classified military aircraft. When the mysterious plane crashes during a night defense exercise, Wendall follows the clues to a warehouse rendezvous—but finds himself captured before he can uncover the full conspiracy.

Philpot Veep and his friend Waldo think they're in for a relaxing evening after closing a case, but their plans go sideways when a charming woman appears on the scene—one who may have darker intentions than either detective realizes. With the introduction of Cyanide Sadie, the stakes suddenly shift from a casual night out to something far more dangerous, and Philpot must act quickly to protect his unsuspecting companion.

When special prosecutor Tom Bradley vanishes from Parkville, the Invisible Hood arrives in town just as the city's racket problem spirals out of control—and realizes that Bradley's disappearance and the underworld's grip on the metropolis are connected. Following a gang of criminals to a remote estate, the Hood discovers that the mastermind orchestrating the rackets is someone from Bradley's past with a score to settle. Now the caped vigilante must penetrate the villain's lair, rescue the missing prosecutor, and stop a desperate criminal from escaping justice.

In "The Plot to Destroy Bozo," a mysterious figure from Latvia named Herman Weizer will stop at nothing to claim the powerful robot Bozo—offering staggering sums, even up to $5 million, before resorting to a deadly death ray machine. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1939 science fiction tale unfolds with high stakes and mechanical menace.