World's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler #[nn]

In "The Construction Scam," Superman investigates a string of suspicious collapses in Metropolis, starting with a department store and escalating to the city's new Municipal Stadium. As the opening day turns chaotic, Superman saves children from the wreckage, but the disaster leaves Lois Lane critically injured—requiring a blood transfusion only Clark Kent can provide.

In "The Riddle of the Missing Card!", the Joker orchestrates a high-stakes gambling ship to lure wealthy elites, using the allure of luxury and chance to extract secrets about their most prized possessions. With the Black Queen, Jack of Diamonds, and the King of Clubs as his enigmatic new allies, he turns the seas into a stage for deception—while Batman, Robin, and their wits race to uncover the truth before the game turns deadly.

Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor, and Etta Candy are pulled across the cosmos by Queen Desira of Eros, who summons them to confront a rogue warrior threatening to plunge her world into war. As the trio lands on the alien planet, they must navigate its strange landscapes and ancient rivalries, facing danger from both the battlefield and the shifting loyalties of those they’ve come to help.

In "The Brain of Cyrus Smythe," a centuries-old villain’s consciousness survives in a jar of chemicals, reawakening when his brain is transplanted into a dead soldier, Tad Wilkins. Now living under a new identity in 20th-century America, the resurrected Smythe begins to reclaim his old schemes—only to face off against the ever-resourceful Plastic Man. As the past and present collide, old enemies and new lives hang in the balance.