Smash Comics #30 (1942)

In "Big Tom's Oil Saboteurs," Wildfire investigates a murder at a remote southwest oil field, only to face off against the cunning Big Tom, who relies on a mysterious liquid air gun to halt the hero’s advance. The story unfolds with tense, grounded action as Wildfire navigates the harsh terrain and industrial dangers of the oil fields, confronting a foe whose weapon may be as strange as his motives.

In "null," Kent Thurston—Metropolis's invisible hero—faces a chilling threat when his secret hood is stolen by the White Wizard, a scientist who unravels its mystery and arms a gang of criminals with duplicates, turning them into phantom-like figures that terrorize the city. With the public convinced these shadowy assailants are extraterrestrials, Kent must track down the stolen technology before the illusion becomes a full-blown crisis.