Smash Comics #80

King Archie O'Toole takes up bee culture on his prime minister's recommendation for his royal health, but the well-intentioned hobby preparation spirals into chaos as the setup for his new pastime goes hilariously wrong. By the time the king sees what's really involved, he's ready to swap this hobby for something a little less complicated.

When Blackjack Jordan and a crew of mobsters dig up Little Augie to retrieve a safety deposit box key, Lady Luck and her partner Peecolo arrive on the scene ready to dismantle the numbers racket. As bullets fly and tension mounts, Lady Luck moves to stop the crooks in their tracks.

When Stoolie Pete agrees to testify and save an innocent man from execution, he's snatched off the street by desperate criminals determined to silence him. Chuck Lane transforms into the Jester to track down Pete's kidnappers, following a trail of clues left behind—from mysterious twenty-dollar bills to references to Macintosh apples and Chinatown—that lead him straight into a dangerous confrontation with the men holding the witness. It's a race against time as the Jester fights to rescue Pete and bring the guilty to justice before an innocent man faces the chair.