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Hit Comics #61 (1949)
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Sir Roger, a perpetually hungry traveler, arrives in the eccentric town of Scatville hoping for a meal, only to be mistaken for a famous world traveler and welcomed with a lavish lunch and a standing ovation—until the real Sir Roger De Floop shows up, turning the town's hospitality into a chaotic farce. As the townspeople turn on him, Sir Roger flees the women's club in disgrace, only to find himself in a bizarre new adventure involving a toreador contest and a pair of bickering sailors.
In the quiet aftermath of a wealthy book collector’s murder, District Attorney Betty Bates uncovers a web of deception when the thieves target a seemingly worthless copy of Thomas Browne’s *Urn Burial*—a volume that holds a hidden fortune in diamonds. As she pieces together the puzzle, Betty realizes the crime was not about rare books, but about a smuggling operation disguised as a passion for collecting, with the killer’s next move already on the horizon.