Police Comics #114 (1952)

Ken Shannon returns from a dull case to find his secretary, Dee Dee Dawson, acting strangely—especially after a mysterious suitcase arrives with a shocking secret inside. When a blonde named Carol Ross shows up, claiming she was just delivering a package, Ken suspects she’s been framed, but the truth is far stranger than he imagined. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deception involving a dead man, a missing syndicate connection, and a suitcase that shouldn’t contain what it does.

Inspector Marty Denver follows a suspicious Mexican fire truck across the border, uncovering a smuggling operation that hides aliens inside the vehicle and plans to fly them into the U.S. As he and his partner Cassidy track the smugglers to an airfield and then into a remote cave, they face a desperate chase and a final showdown where Denver uses clever tactics to outwit the criminals.

In the heart of East Africa, Jungle Pete tracks a Soviet agent to a remote plant station, only to uncover a cache of bizarre, sinister seeds that defy explanation. With the help of botanist Dr. Anne Blaik, he realizes the seeds may be the key to a deadly, monstrous threat hidden in the uncharted jungle—forcing him to confront a danger far more terrifying than any enemy agent.

In the Boys Club story "Bribery in the Boys Club," Patrolman Bill Grimes, a dedicated officer known for his community work with the Beavers, learns that a gambler has tried to bribe one of the team’s players, Timmy Baker, to throw the big basketball tournament. When Timmy confesses his fear and hands over the money, Grimes vows to protect the boy and the team’s integrity, determined to expose the corruption without letting the ringleader escape.