Police Comics #44 (1945)

In a wartime comic strip from 1945, Jo’s mother crafts a voodoo doll of Dewey’s sergeant and pins it in the back—just as Dewey, far from home, accidentally stabs his own sergeant with his bayonet.

In a lighthearted 1945 tale from *Police Comics* #44, teenage Ted Dawson scrambles to retrieve his mother’s prized suit jacket after it’s stolen by his friend Candy, who’s wearing it to the bazaar. With time running out and his mother’s disapproval looming, Ted must find a way to get the jacket back—before he’s caught in a series of mishaps that turn the bazaar into a whirlwind of mistaken identities and comedic chaos.

Jo, a former busboy at the Gold Coast Club, finds himself haunted by a mysterious spirit who grants him three wishes after a violent encounter. When Jo witnesses a murder plot involving the club’s owner, Mr. Red Brinn, he’s forced to rely on his wishes to survive — but the spirit’s true intentions remain unclear.