The Green Mask #2 [13]

In "The Pigeons of Death," Johnny Green, Suzie, and Ronnie take a peaceful stroll—only to return to Ronnie’s rooftop coop and find it devastated, his beloved pigeons slaughtered and some stolen. When the trio discovers the criminals plan to turn the surviving birds into flying bombs to destroy an FBI plane, Johnny dons the Green Mask to stop them, but the villains capture him, Ronnie, and Suzie. Trapped and dangling above the city, with bombs strapped to their bodies, the only hope lies in Ronnie’s lead pigeon and the flock’s instinct to follow.

In a 1945 tale from The Green Mask #2, nightclub owner Pussy Katnip grows suspicious when her cigarette girl, Tobacco Maizie, seems off—until a Katnip Fizz clears her mind, revealing that Maizie’s escaped boyfriend, Race Track Hutch, is hiding in the club. With newfound clarity, Pussy makes a choice that sets off a chain of events neither she nor the club’s patrons could have predicted.

Private eye Dick Transom thinks he's cracked the case of the city's counterfeit coin scandal—until he realizes he's actually won the grand prize in high society Mrs. Van Oop's elaborate treasure hunt, with Joe and Jeffrey caught in the middle.

Snooky and her friend Honey Bear summon the magical Jinnee with a wishing ring, eager to visit the Old Witch. When the witch threatens to turn them into cookies, Honey Bear uses the ring’s power to free her past victims and transform the witch into a cookie instead.

In "The Marauder Comet," Rick Evans and his allies race to save Professor Astra’s abducted father from the tyrannical Igno on the fiery planet Pyrotis, where the fate of Earth hangs in the balance as the volatile element X090 threatens to unleash catastrophe. When the team arrives, they confront Igno’s schemes—only to realize too late that the destruction they witnessed was not real, but a chilling vision from Stringbean’s nightmare.