Wonderworld Comics #12

Shorty Shortcake's glider ride in the hills of Guatemala goes wildly off course, carrying him all the way to a Brazilian rubber plantation where he stumbles into a confrontation with his old nemesis, Professor GNU—and a device called the "Transit-Flash" that can send people anywhere with a snap. When a chance encounter with Mr. de Welth's mysterious brother leads to chaos at a coffee plantation, Shorty must use his wits to outmaneuver both GNU's hypnotic schemes and the dangers closing in around him.

Newsreel reporter Patty O'Day and her photographer Ham head to Centerville to cover inventor Scrubble and his revolutionary fuel formula—only to stumble upon his murdered body in a ransacked farmhouse, launching them into a dangerous hunt for the killer. With help from the mysterious Lord Mike, Patty finds herself caught between rival spies and a case far deadlier than a simple news assignment. The race is on to stop the dangerous operative Von Mitz before he vanishes into the night.

Dr. Fung rushes to the mysterious Isle of Sighs in Northern China after learning his niece Soo Fung has vanished, braving an island shrouded in superstition and death to track her down. There he discovers his niece held captive by the sinister Si Sin, who has placed her under a hypnotic spell to control her wealth, forcing the clever doctor to improvise a daring escape before it's too late.

The Phantom Rider, a wandering hero who aids those in distress, answers desperate screams and discovers a young girl whose family is under attack by hostile Indians at Moose Mountain. Racing against time on his horse Streak, he battles through waves of attackers to reach the girl's home and rescue her mother and baby brother from danger. This pulse-pounding frontier tale by Cecelia Munson tests the Phantom Rider's speed, marksmanship, and courage in a desperate race to save a family from massacre.

Don Quixote and Sancho venture into the towering Empire State Building, only to find themselves caught in a bewildering series of mechanical traps and elevators that propel them higher and higher—leaving the two hapless adventurers clinging to their wits as they scramble to escape the building's mysterious dangers. This 1940 tale captures all the slapstick chaos you'd expect from the Man of La Mancha's collision with modern New York.