Sparkling Stars #1

When young boxer Boxie Weaver finally gets his shot at heavyweight champion Bill Thompson, he comes in strong with a sharp left jab—but the champ adapts, and the bout becomes a brutal, back-and-forth war that leaves Weaver bloodied and seemingly beaten. With his eye badly cut and the referee threatening to stop the fight, Weaver must dig deep to find a way forward in this thrilling title clash.

Navy ace Skip Scott's torpedo bomber crashes during a dawn patrol over the Pacific, stranding him on a mysterious uncharted island where he discovers a hidden Japanese military base poised just 600 miles from the American West Coast. After commandeering an enemy plane to escape and report his findings, Skip leads a devastating naval strike that cripples the Japanese fleet and destroys the base before any invasion can be launched. It's a gripping wartime adventure that captures the resourcefulness and courage of the Navy's finest in action.

When a pretty photographic model named Mena Edwards gets entangled in German spy operations during the First World War, she becomes a key witness to sabotage plots that devastated American industrial sites—including the catastrophic Black Tom Island explosion that destroyed over two million pounds of munitions. This story traces how the FBI has since cracked down on enemy espionage rings with far greater success, uncovering the methods and operatives behind German sabotage campaigns and protecting the nation's war effort during the Second World War.

Detective Durrand Draw is hired to trace a missing person, but his client—Professor Simons—has a stranger request: find his stolen giant moths. When Draw's secretary Beth Barry calls with news that the professor's assistant Peter Peterson has been found at the International Bridge, the case takes an unexpected turn toward espionage and wartime crime. Draw and his assistant Lothario Jiggers must uncover why moths, diamonds, and treason are all tangled together.