Cosmo Cat #5

In "The Modern Alchemist," a brilliant chemist’s breakthrough in transmuting lead into gold sets off a chain of events that draws him into an alliance with the ruthless criminal boss Black Bart. When Cosmo Cat steps in to stop a plot to assassinate the mayor, the chemist retaliates by shrinking him with a temporary potion—leaving Cosmo to outwit danger in a world now suddenly too big.

Cosmo Cat confronts Count Duckula, a vampire duck who's been terrorizing the locals, but discovers the creature has a supernatural weakness: he must return to his coffin before sunset or transform into a bat. As the sun dips below the horizon, an unexpected turn leaves Cosmo facing the consequences of his showdown with the undead Count in this six-page tale from 1947.

Fred Vinson, recently appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, might never have pursued politics without an unexpected turn of events—his early ambitions lay in professional baseball, where he played shortstop for the Lexington Club in the Blue Grass League. Like his predecessor on the bench, Harlan Fisk Stone, Vinson was an athlete first, a glimpse into how sports shaped the lives of these government leaders.

In "Chapter Two! On the Sun" from Cosmo Cat #5, Cosmo faces his greatest trial yet when the voice from the cave reveals itself as the sinister Horroface, summoning him to a blazing confrontation on the sun. There, beneath a sky of fire, Cosmo confronts the hooded villain—only to collapse in terror at the sight beneath the mask. As a towering flame entity hurls Cosmo’s rocket into the void, the story ends with the craft hurtling toward an unknown world, the fate of the hero still uncertain.

In this fascinating 1947 profile by Baldwin, discover the remarkable story of the lobo wolf—those rare, supremely intelligent predators that still roam the American West, terrorizing livestock and outsmarting the most experienced hunters. From their evolution as the bison herds vanished to their legendary cunning with traps and poison, these magnificent giants represent the survival of only nature's cleverest wolves. A gripping look at one of the continent's most formidable—and endangered—wild creatures.