Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #4

In "Borgo, the Mirror Murderer," the Blue Beetle and Jo track a cunning criminal driven by a bitter past, targeting the James brothers—scientists who once fired him after he stole radium. As the hunt unfolds, the killer’s obsession with reflection and revenge takes a chilling turn.

In "The Inner Crime Ring," Samson faces off against the ruthless Dr. Blood and his deadly Inner Crime Ring, a gang that terrorizes the city in a brutal quest for capital—killing without hesitation to achieve their goals. The story pits Samson’s strength and resolve against a criminal force that’s as dangerous as it is unpredictable.

In "The Jewel Smuggling Murders," The Flame races against time to protect a young witness from a brutal gang of smugglers, navigating a web of danger where every rescue brings new peril. Written by an unnamed creator and illustrated by an unnamed artist, the story blends high-stakes action with the tense moral weight of a life hanging in the balance.

In "The Ultimatum of Lobar," Carson faces off against the megalomaniacal Lobar, who demands Earth as a launchpad for his interstellar conquest. With his fleet decimated and his men captured, Carson must find a way to survive Lobar’s grotesque plan—where a deadly serum will swell his victims to bursting point—before the villain’s reign of terror reaches beyond the planet.

In "The Submarine City," Jan and Wanda dive into a mysterious underwater metropolis ruled by Venusians, who've been waiting for the perfect moment to launch their invasion—once Dr. Doom alters Earth’s atmosphere to match their own. The story unfolds with quiet dread as the duo uncovers the alien city’s secrets, caught between wonder and the looming threat of planetary conquest.

In "null," two crooks exploit the legend of the famed magician Yarko by staging a fraudulent performance, one pretending to be the star while the other steals from the crowd during the act—turning a stage illusion into a real heist.

In "The Undersea Tanks," Jones—now a waterman after a daring undersea mission—must rally his allies to confront a sudden and overwhelming threat: a fleet of Army tanks moving beneath the waves off the Florio Coast, poised to strike. With the ocean itself now a battlefield, the fate of the coast hangs in the balance as they race to stop the advance.