Hit Comics #53

Kid Eternity faces off against Mr. Puny, a ruthless master criminal with a dangerous secret: despite his small stature, he possesses incredible strength that he's using to pull off a string of daring heists and murders. As Kid Eternity follows Puny from a bank robbery to a hospital blood bank to his hidden laboratory, he pieces together the villain's mysterious power—but must act fast before Puny and his gang strike their next target. With the help of Mr. Keeper and the legendary figures he can summon from the past, Kid Eternity races to stop a killer whose diminutive size masks a threat like no other.

When a gypsy fortune-teller named Gypsy Fanya uses her crystal ball to help a couple dodge their landlord, they invite her to the racetrack with a promise of easy money—but her loyalty to a Russian horse named Blue Borscht throws a wrench into their fixed race. Chaos erupts when Gypsy Fanya's interference turns the track upside down, and the trouble that follows catches everyone off guard.

When Rasputin crashes Merwin's lodge initiation by stealing his uniform, he's in for a night of slapstick comeuppance as the lodge's pranks backfire spectacularly—and Merwin gets to keep his date with the lovely Melinda Monk. It's a tale of misdirected ambition and physical humor that shows sometimes the best revenge is letting someone get exactly what they're after.

Prosecutor Betty Bates smells a rat when defendant Dee Farney mysteriously dies by poison in the courtroom during his trial for murdering Mixie Munter—especially when the evidence against him seems almost too perfect. Her suspicions lead her to a shady hotel where she uncovers the real killers and must outwit them before they silence her permanently. With help from a resourceful reporter and the police, Bates works to expose the truth and bring the actual murderers to justice.

Bob Masters and Swab Decker, a pair of Navy men, stumble upon a mysterious floating substance while patrolling the waters—and when a group of strangers immediately offers them money for it, the two sailors smell opportunity. Their attempt to strike a better deal sets off a wild chain of events that lands them in far more trouble than they bargained for in this rollicking adventure from Hit Comics.