Police Comics #122 (1952)

Ken Shannon, a private eye, stumbles upon a murder at the Golden Star Social Introduction Club when his secretary, Dee Dee Dawson, hears a scream and a frantic chase down the hall. The victim, Mrs. Lavonne, lies dead with her handbag ransacked, but the crime scene feels staged—too neat, too convenient—leading Ken to suspect a deeper pattern behind the apparent robbery.

In a quiet autumn evening, young Tommy Brenton confides in his imaginary friend, Mr. Firehorns, a creature only he believes in—until the boy’s father is found dead, and the detective assigned to the case must decide whether to dismiss Tommy’s wild story or take seriously the idea that a killer might be hiding behind a mask of childhood fantasy. As Inspector Marty Denver digs deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets where the line between imagination and murder blurs, and the truth wears a disguise no one expected.

In a Cold War-era spy tale set in Rumania, T-Man infiltrates the remote Transylvanian Alps to confront Terente, the self-proclaimed "Robin Hood of Rumania" and leader of the outlaw gypsy band known as the Red Robbers. After being captured and forced to prove his worth in a brutal knife fight, he earns a place among them—only to discover that Terente’s raids on communist officials also target funds meant for democratic resistance fighters. Now caught between two causes, T-Man must convince Terente to shift his focus before the mission collapses.

In the gritty underbelly of a 1952 city, three small-time crooks—Duke, Tiny Graham, and Lenny Brown—struggle to survive under the relentless pressure of a debt to a ruthless bookie named Snicker Reynolds, all while evading the persistent lawman Ed Dorgan. As their desperation mounts, their fragile alliance begins to unravel, forcing them into increasingly dangerous choices that blur the line between survival and ruin.