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Police Comics #126 (1953)
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Ken Shannon, the crime-busting private eye, is pulled into a tangled web when his secretary Dee Dee is kidnapped in a hit-and-run ambush, leading him to uncover a pair of bickering twins—Moe and Joe—linked to the mysterious Mitch Hamlin. With a terrified Marla Denning seeking refuge in his car and a dangerous game of deception unfolding, Ken must unravel a scheme involving a locked office, a missing fortune, and a killer on the loose—all while dodging threats from Hamlin’s thugs.
In the jungles near Quito, undercover agent Kathy Blake and her partner Pete are racing to stop Russian spy Dmitri Krupan from destroying evidence, but their mission takes a sudden turn when Krupan escapes in a stolen plane, leading them deep into Jivaro territory. Trapped in a remote village where the locals are known for their ritual head-hunting, Pete and Kathy must survive a terrifying confrontation with Krupan and the tribe’s chief, who has a shocking connection to the spy.
In a gritty 1953 crime tale, Patrolman Doug Manders teams up with his loyal police dog, Prince, to dismantle a gang of burglars, their bond proven when the dog’s instincts and courage turn the tide. When a suspect’s plot to eliminate both man and beast backfires, Prince survives a deadly ambush—only to vanish mysteriously, leading Manders on a tense, urgent trail that hints at a deeper betrayal.