Amazing Mystery Funnies #9

When a struggling fair show owner finds his every idea stolen by a ruthless rival, tensions boil over—especially when the competitor sets a deadly trap during a daring dive act. Just as the girl’s life hangs in the balance, the mysterious Fantom intervenes, stepping in to stop the sabotage before it’s too late.

In "null," Dr. Ralon’s evolutionizing machine brings animal life to human form, but his triumph turns deadly when a newly created girl and a group of men burst into his lab and murder him. Tom and Professor Gray uncover the chilling truth: the girl was his first success—and her mind had fractured long before she turned on her creator.

In "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Part 2," Don Dixon faces a desperate choice as Dagmar holds Wanda and Dr. Lugoff hostage, demanding his surrender to rule her hidden kingdom. But with the Queen’s scorned former lover, Taal, stirring unrest from the shadows, loyalty and survival hang in the balance.

In "null," Speed and Reel go undercover in a daring twist: Speed disguises himself as a horse to infiltrate the Jack Pott gang. Posing as a talking steed, he tricks a gang member into taking him—and Reel—deep into the gang’s hidden base.

In "null," the sinister Zaroff, accompanied by his enigmatic ally Dacia, arrives in New York with a terrifying new weapon: a machine capable of growing insects to monstrous sizes. After eliminating the inventor and offering his deadly creation to the world’s warlords, Zaroff sets his sights on America, planning to unleash a plague of giant insects upon the city.

In "Knuckle Down!" from *Amazing Mystery Funnies #9* (1939), Champ, the pride of the local baseball scene, grows uneasy when his name and upcoming bout are being shoved aside in the paper by the Union school's rising star. With his manager's help, Champ hatches a plan to undermine the team's star pitcher during the Junior Baseball Championships—just to reclaim his spotlight.