Police Comics #19 (1943)

In "The Forest of Fear," Plas, a G-Man on his first assignment, ventures into the remote Hadley Lumber Company, where workers are dying and a cursed boneyard hides a terrifying secret: sentient trees grown from a mad scientist’s twisted experiments. With the forest itself turning against him, Plas must outwit both the killer trees and the scientist’s henchmen, ultimately making a daring choice that forces him to reveal his true identity in a moment of crisis.

In "null," Destiny stumbles into a mystery that pulls him beyond the limits of his own mind. While asleep, he senses a murder through his heightened awareness, awakening to find himself in the home of the enigmatic Sherlock Doyle—where the line between dream and reality begins to blur.

In the 1943 tale "Here Lies Manhunter," a mysterious figure known only as the Sexton threatens to bury criminal lawyer Max Suttle alive unless a ransom is paid, sending police detective Dan Richards—secretly the vigilante Manhunter—into a night of deception and danger. As the investigation unfolds, Richards must untangle a web of lies involving a fake grave, a suspicious butler, and a radio broadcast that claims to feature Suttle’s voice from beneath the earth. With the city on edge and a bomb seemingly set to kill, Manhunter races to uncover the truth before the next victim is buried.

In "Murder on the High Seas," Jo and her friends—Don, Jake, and Heidi—set out on Jake’s sleek new runabout, the Fire-Eater, for what should be a simple day on the water. But when a mysterious boat suddenly cuts close to Sandra, threatening her with a deadly maneuver, the group realizes they’re caught in a deadly game of revenge tied to her father’s past.

In "null," Roy steps in to help Jean's Aunt Sophie after she buys a house rumored to be haunted, only to uncover that the supernatural antics are actually the work of her uncle—staging the haunting to stop his wife from acquiring the property. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story blends wartime mystery with a touch of supernatural suspense.