Smash Comics #55

When Professor Adoniram P. Twerk needs unusual subjects for his psychology textbook, he sets his sights on Midnight and his pals—especially after learning that the newly released Killer Klaw has sworn revenge on the hero. Twerk hatches a scheme to draw out the mobster, but his plan to help Midnight catch Klaw takes a dangerous turn when the professor's meddling puts everyone in the hands of the very criminal they're trying to stop. It's a wild ride of double-crosses and unexpected twists as Midnight and his crew have to figure out who's really working for whom.

When the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Giltrox decide to adopt a child from Dr. Duffy's orphanage, they inadvertently bring home more trouble than they bargained for—trouble that puts them on a collision course with Daffy Dill, a tough-as-nails lady wrestler who takes a job as their nursemaid. As schemes unravel and chaos erupts in the Giltrox household, Daffy must navigate spoiled antics, close calls with the law, and her own precarious employment to survive this wild comedy of errors.

When Radio Tokyo's propaganda broadcasts about an American invasion reach a group of Japanese settlers hidden in the South American jungle, they take the bait and launch an attack on a vital Allied tin mine in Bolivia—believing they're joining a victorious homeland advance. The Marksman, already suspicious of fifth-column activity in the region, arrives just as the mine comes under siege, and must use every trick in his arsenal to outmaneuver a vastly larger enemy force and protect this crucial war resource. It takes clever tactics, precise archery, and quick thinking to turn the tide against overwhelming odds.

Black X, ace operative for the Allied secret service, arrives at a neutral country to interview Miss Niloa, a woman who's escaped from Axis territory with vital intelligence—but her sudden recognition of an enemy agent throws the assignment into chaos. As Black X and his ally Batu work to protect the unconscious woman from relentless Axis pursuers, they're forced into a series of brutal confrontations across rooftops and rubble, all while navigating the treacherous politics of a nation that must not learn of the hidden war unfolding within its borders.

In this 1944 installment from *Smash Comics #55*, Lady Luck zeroes in on the peculiar crime of Soup Bone and his gang, who are caught in a most undignified act—hoarding and reselling silk stockings, their schemes undone by their own flamboyant misstep.

When a clever racketeering lawyer named Loogey helps crime boss Smug beat charges through legal loopholes, the Jester uncovers the real scheme—a frame-up designed to discredit the only witness who can testify against them. Now the masked crime-fighter must prevent the witness from walking into a trap while stopping a payroll heist orchestrated by the very criminals he's been pursuing.