Smash Comics #68

When Doc Mortimer Wackey's experimental atomic dice go missing from his lab, Midnight must race against time to recover them before they fall into the wrong hands—or worse, detonate near a radio transmitter. With international spies, an escaped convict named Max Magoo hungry for revenge, and a small-time crook looking to profit from the theft, the stakes couldn't be higher. Can Midnight track down the stolen atomic dice and stop a catastrophe before it's too late?

In "The Detective Story," Spunky tries to prove he’s a natural sleuth by hiding Marge’s father’s glasses—only to accidentally break them when he steps on them while pretending to solve the case. Written with a playful wink, this 1946 humor tale captures the misadventures of a teen with more bravado than sense.

Rookie Rankin lands a bizarre assignment as bodyguard to Ida, a goose whose owner claims she lays solid gold eggs—and his skepticism only deepens when desperate criminals start making violent moves to possess the bird. What begins as a laughable publicity stunt unravels into a dangerous scheme involving hidden treasure and a cunning fugitive's desperate gambit. With gang lords willing to kill for the goose, Rookie must piece together the real reason everyone wants Ida before the situation spirals completely out of control.

Lady Luck investigates when sabotage strikes the premiere of Blovodkine's ballet "Peanut Brittle"—a disgruntled choreographer has been systematically undermining the production, but his scheme spirals dangerously out of control as the curtain rises. With Lady Luck on the case and the show in chaos, she must uncover the culprit's identity before the damage becomes irreversible.