National Comics #21

Uncle Sam investigates sabotage plaguing Autoville's defense factory and the workers' housing crisis, uncovering a sinister plot by I.J. Grab—a greedy businessman secretly working with Nazi operatives to keep the laborers impoverished and vulnerable to propaganda. With help from his young companion Buddy, Uncle Sam battles spies, stops a dynamite ambush, and builds new homes for the workers—but the enemy's scheme isn't finished yet, and danger still lurks in the shadows of their freshly constructed town.

When criminals force a man claiming to be Ken Butler to open a mysterious box in an old mansion, Quicksilver crashes the scene—only to discover the box contains a cobra with designs on Lord Astor, the British ambassador. What starts as a case of mistaken identity turns into a tense standoff as Quicksilver must protect Astor from the deadly snake while unraveling why these men were so desperate to get the box open in the first place.