Frogman Comics #6

A U.S. frogman team mourns their commanding officer and faces a harsh new leader in Lieutenant Stone, who immediately orders their beloved mascot Dipper—a real Navy seal—off the ship before a covert landing mission behind enemy lines. When the frogmen are captured by the enemy during the operation, Dipper's unexpected arrival at their prison becomes their only chance to get word of the enemy's hidden gun emplacements back to the fleet before the Marines land.

When counterfeit currency mysteriously follows the freighter *Avodire* into New Orleans, Secret Service operative Kent Crown recruits his old friend Whitey Beach—a frogman instructor with Treasury experience—to infiltrate the ship and uncover the source. Whitey's undercover investigation aboard the vessel uncovers something unprecedented: a fully operational counterfeiting operation hidden in the ship's hold, complete with printing press and plates. As the operation closes in, Whitey must navigate both the criminals aboard and the underwater world to recover the evidence and capture those responsible.

A smuggling ring uses discarded frogmen's suits to sneak aliens into Florida, but two undercover agents—one posing as an ex-con seeking passage—infiltrate the operation to dismantle it from within. As the scheme unfolds aboard the cargo ship Olive H, Kane and Bill race against time to expose the mysterious crime boss running the entire network before the syndicate realizes they've been compromised.

Lieutenant Blake, a Navy officer stationed at the Pentagon, gets drawn into investigating a mysterious unregistered freighter called the Darrow when his newspaperman friend Michael Dexter asks for help with a story. What Blake uncovers—and what forces his sudden transfer to Naval Intelligence—is far bigger than either of them bargained for, and soon he's assigned to the ship itself to guard a secret that foreign agents are willing to kill to obtain. With danger closing in from multiple directions, Blake must use his wartime underwater skills to keep the Darrow and its hidden cargo safe.

A cocky submarine pilot infiltrates American waters with orders to strike U.S. ships, convinced his advanced one-man sub makes him unstoppable—until he discovers what's actually waiting for him in these familiar waters. This 1952 tale delivers a sharp comeuppance wrapped in Cold War tension and dry humor.

This 1952 non-fiction piece traces the swift evolution of naval aviation from Lt. Eugene B. Ely's pioneering flights off the U.S.S. Birmingham and U.S.S. Pennsylvania in 1910–1911, through the first catapult takeoff and the conversion of the U.S.S. Langley into America's first aircraft carrier. The story highlights how Admiral Marc A. Mitscher revolutionized carrier tactics during World War II with his aggressive "hit-and-stay" strategy in the Pacific, and concludes by showcasing the modern flat-top as the cornerstone of contemporary naval power, capable of carrying over 100 planes and supporting a crew of nearly 1,800 officers and men.

When the freighter S.S. Pandora is mysteriously destroyed in the Pacific, Lt. Miles Clark and eight Navy frogmen are dispatched to investigate—only to discover the wreck wasn't an accident, but sabotage orchestrated by the crew of a whaling vessel harboring a deadly secret. Posing as survivors, the frogmen must infiltrate the whaler and uncover the truth before the conspirators strike again, leading to a tense confrontation where courage and quick thinking become their only weapons.