Thrilling Comics #47

When five supposed European refugees arrive at Professor Musselbownd's estate, the Commando Cubs welcome them warmly—but Horace Cosgrove II's suspicions soon prove warranted when he uncovers their true purpose: they're Nazi spies sent to steal Doctor Crighton's revolutionary radio-control invention and deliver it to a waiting U-boat. The Cubs must act fast to stop the Fascist Five and prevent the device from falling into enemy hands.

Lucky Lawrence and his company ship out to Nazi-occupied Norway on a critical mission: destroy a German lookout station before the main landing force arrives. Tubby's unlikely companion—a wisecracking parrot named Mr. Gripes—stumbles into the action at every turn, and when the squad rescues a Norwegian guerrilla named Ingrid from the burning shack, the bird's loud voice becomes their secret weapon, rallying resistance fighters and confusing enemy troops during a desperate mountain battle.

In a 1945 tale of wartime intrigue, Professor Fenton—once a bumbling schemer—reveals a shocking allegiance as a Fifth Columnist working for the Nazis, setting off a chain of events that pulls together The Ghost, Betty Morris, and even the spirits of ancient deities like the Venerable Yogi, Apollo, and Jupiter in a high-stakes clash across time and myth.