Keen Detective Funnies #3

When an Indian boy named Whitoos reports suspicious activity at a remote prospector's cabin to the Northwest Mounted Police, Corporal Merrill is dispatched to investigate—only to find himself under fire from a mysterious sniper. As Merrill pursues the fleeing gunman through dangerous rapids and into a hidden gang's camp, he pieces together a puzzle of masked riders, missing miners, and evidence buried in the Northern wilderness. This complete picture story by Terry Gilkison delivers the kind of fast-paced investigation and outdoor action that made the Mounted Police tales so gripping in Keen Detective Funnies.

Dean Denton, the scientific adventurer formerly known as radio's highest-paid ventriloquist, believes he's identified the mysterious criminal mastermind called the Conqueror—but convincing Police Chief Torrey means infiltrating the villain's estate and navigating a series of lethal traps, including a sinister mirror that's far more than it appears. When Dean and the Chief are cornered by the Conqueror himself, they'll need to rely on Dean's wits and scientific knowledge to survive what seems like certain death.

Willie the Wrat and the Little Gorilla Gang spring into action when a family's pet cats go missing from the steps of their home—and their investigation points straight to the Golden Rule Fur Company, a outfit with every reason to want the animals. With clues in hand and danger at every turn, Willie and the gang must recover the stolen cats before they meet a grim fate at the fur store.

Pat O'Day investigates a string of mysterious disappearances that seem connected to the exclusive Club Hanton, a gambling establishment perched above the river where wealthy men have gone missing. When a new victim is lured to the club, Pat stakes out the place to uncover the truth behind the vanishings. What he discovers is far darker than suicide—a calculated criminal operation that demands swift action.

Detective Spurlock is called to investigate a curious case: when a noted brain specialist dies of natural causes and leaves his insurance money to his assistant, that very assistant is killed in a laboratory explosion—and the safe is robbed. As Spurlock digs deeper, mysterious fingerprints from an executed convict named Killer Joe keep appearing at the crime scenes, and a second murder rocks the household, forcing the detective to confront a case far stranger than murder and theft.

Mike Moran investigates the conviction of Joe Collins, a young man sentenced to die in the electric chair, convinced the kid was framed—but his search for the truth leads him straight into the clutches of those who benefit from Collins' execution. A manhunt mystery where the detective must navigate corruption and danger to uncover who really committed the murder of Dailey.