Smash Comics #6

Detective Philpot Veep and his partner Waldo investigate a peculiar case when a young married man repeatedly gets robbed and beaten on his way home from work—yet mysteriously refuses police protection and seems oddly resigned to his misfortune. As Veep stakes out the man's office to uncover the truth, he discovers a troubling pattern that raises more questions than answers.

In "The Emerald of Erin," Hugh takes a bold step in refining his mechanical companion Bozo, reengineering him from the inside out to allow direct control and equipping him with a telescopic eye—transforming their partnership into something more precise, more powerful, and far more dangerous than before.

John Law, famous lawyer and scientist, races to uncover the deadly secret behind The Avenger's twisted scheme to ruin Roger Carlin and his Vitasav product—a poisoning that's claiming innocent lives across Ward B. When The Avenger delivers a sinister challenge directly to Carlin's laboratory, Law discovers the murder weapon isn't in the ointment itself, but hidden in plain sight, and he'll need all his scientific cunning to survive the villain's final, deadly game.

Wings Wendall races to stop a munitions smuggling operation when a tip-off leads him to an S.S. Southern, a vessel supposedly carrying mining machinery to Brazil but hiding something far more dangerous. As police close in on the warehouse operation, Wings fights through intense gunfire to shut down the Nazi smuggling ring before the contraband can ship out.

Jimmy learns that wishing alone won't get him what he wants, so he pitches his parents on practical reasons why a bike would be valuable—he could sell magazines, run errands, get exercise, and ride to school. When his parents come around and buy him the bike he's been wanting, Jimmy shares his strategy with other kids, encouraging them to make their case to their own families rather than just hoping for Christmas morning.