Spellbound #45

In "The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!", a young hero named Johnny recalls his past adventures with the enigmatic Wizard and the bumbling yet loyal Paste-Pot Pete. When Pete unexpectedly frees The Wizard from jail, the trio is thrown into a dangerous alliance—one that quickly sours as the Wizard’s growing megalomania clashes with Pete’s defiant spirit. Their partnership is tested as old loyalties are strained and new schemes unfold.

Nurse Jarvis stumbles upon a mine foreman in the Pennsylvania hills, who guides her to a group of men trapped in a cave-in and whispers secrets of a hidden, rich vein. When she reports the encounter, the town insists the disaster happened a decade prior—everyone involved perished, and the mine was abandoned. With the mine owner’s son, she ventures into the forgotten tunnels, uncovering a mystery buried beneath the earth.