Hit Comics #39

Kid Eternity and Mr. Keeper find themselves aboard a runaway river boat carrying a group of performers, including the flamboyant showman Stephen Decatur and his troupe, as tensions rise between a desperate man, his stepdaughter Gail, and a scheming suitor. When a dangerous confrontation erupts on the boat, Kid Eternity calls upon historical figures like Sandow and Harry Houdini to help, but the real crisis lies not in the storm or the chase—it’s in the secrets of love, inheritance, and a marriage that may not be what it seems.

Marmaduke Mouse, down on his luck and hungry, takes a job on Louie the Lion’s farm, where he’s assigned to guard a special duck that lays golden eggs. When a menacing thief named Escobar arrives to steal the eggs, Marmaduke must use quick thinking and a surprising twist of fate to protect the farm—though not without a few clumsy mishaps and a very unexpected weapon.

In a 1946 mystery thriller, a young woman named Betty Bates investigates the gruesome murder of a wealthy yachtsman, whose throat was torn by teeth resembling those of a barracuda. As the police dismiss the idea of a fish-like killer, she uncovers a chilling connection to a past sea expedition involving a marine scientist named Mansfield, whose vengeful return is hinted at through cryptic messages and strange clues. The story builds tension as Betty confronts a suspect whose claims of being part man, part barracuda blur the line between madness and monstrous reality.