Police Comics #105 (1951)

In the rubble-strewn shadows of postwar Berlin, a dead thief named Willy Lieder sets off a chain of events that draws T-Man into a dangerous game of espionage beneath the sinister Death House at Bergenstrasse 13. As the mystery unfolds, T-Man assumes the identity of a black market taxi driver to infiltrate a spy ring, following clues tied to a mysterious man named Luderdorf and a woman named Wanda Kolas.

Inspector Marty Denver revisits a cold case when a fisherman pulls a human skeleton from the river—bones that match those of missing gangster Big Ed Peabody, whose disappearance was once blamed on a fatal accident. Though no signs of violence were found, Denver suspects foul play and begins a meticulous investigation, using the skeleton’s cement-encrusted legs and a series of coincidental records to unravel a hidden connection between the victim and Jack Sennick, the man who took over his empire.

In the dim glow of a photographer’s darkroom, Detective Alan Sykes arrives to solve the murder of Peeping Tom Brink, a man whose enemies had all visited his studio that night. As the suspects claim they saw only the red light—indicating Brink was developing film—Sykes notices a crucial detail: the green light, normally below, was on top, revealing a hidden clue in the arrangement of the lights. With a clever test using colored paper slips, Sykes exposes the killer based on a seemingly small but vital inconsistency.

Patrolman Nicholas Serson, haunted by the conviction of a young man he believes innocent, races against time after a dying criminal whispers a crucial name—Pete Barnes—just before his execution. With only hours to spare, Serson devises a desperate plan to prove the real killer’s identity, dragging a terrified bartender and a corpse through a tense, high-stakes chase to reach the governor’s office.

State Trooper Dan Leary investigates the mysterious crash of Tom Boston’s car on Route 13, where a strange, unexplained second set of headlights appears to have forced Boston off the road—only to vanish without a trace. As Leary pieces together the evidence, he uncovers a cleverly staged illusion involving a hidden mirror that tricked Boston into thinking a ghost car was bearing down on him, but the real danger is far more human than supernatural.