Startling Comics #9

This anthology issue features multiple stories including a tale involving Invisible Mystico, a magician who possesses an incantation scroll that grants control over a country, which falls into the hands of antagonists who attempt to use its power. Another story follows the Masked Rider and Joan Greer as they become entangled in a scheme surrounding a champion horse named Concho, with Jake Butler using the mortgage on Joan's ranch as leverage in a plot involving a horse race where various parties have placed bets on the outcome. The issue also contains a jungle adventure featuring infuriated ape creatures attacking explorers in the wilderness.