Suspense Comics #2

Crane Norris and Jill Ingram, globe-trotting correspondents for the Geographic Society, set out into mystical India to locate the legendary Jewel of Igoor—a fabulous emerald hidden in the temple of Ankhaass. When the Maharajah of Punaab offers himself as their guide and protector, the adventure takes a sinister turn: Jill vanishes in the night, their map is stolen, and the Maharajah's true intentions are revealed. Now Crane must race against time to recover both the jewel and the woman he came to find, locked in a desperate pursuit through the Indian hinterland toward the temple itself.

Two Manhattan detectives, Jerry Crane and Joe Maloney, stumble onto a criminal operation when they spot a suspicious woman near Columbus Circle—and what starts as casual surveillance turns into a tense confrontation with gangster Dominick Marino and his crew planning an illegal job. Trapped in a soundproof apartment with guns drawn, the detectives face a desperate situation that takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious figure emerges from the shadows with a tommy gun of their own.

Steve Sampson, the boy-inventor foster son of Professor Eben Caleph, joins forces with a mysterious masked young man when Valco—an inventor whose Fourth Dimension Television Receiver can peer into the past—turns to blackmail instead of sharing his breakthrough with science. When the Professor realizes Valco's criminal scheme, the masked figure steps in to stop him, but Valco makes off with incriminating film that could destroy an innocent man. Now the masked protector must race to catch Valco before the blackmailer reaches his target and changes everything.

A private investigator named Greg Allen receives a chilling phone call from a mysterious "Clockmaster" who forces him to witness an explosion at the Publix Clock—and then coerces him into becoming the front man for an extortion scheme targeting the city's timekeeping landmarks. When Julia, a young woman determined to break into newspaper work, shadows Greg to the Chandler Building and gets caught up in the escalating danger, the true identity of the masked criminal threatens to destroy them both. As the Clockmaster's hold tightens and midnight deadlines loom, Greg must navigate a maze of deception and betrayal to uncover the truth before time runs out.

A young Chinese girl named Mu-Lan uses her wits to help resistance fighters ambush an invading Japanese column during wartime. After earning the soldiers' trust with information, she sends word of their movements to her village's guerrilla forces using an unexpected ally—a messenger pigeon. Her quick thinking and bravery prove that courage knows no age.

In the Transylvanian village of Hettzbourg, the timid shepherd Ramo is offered ten gold eagles—enough to win the hand of the innkeeper's daughter Natja—if he'll drive a stake through a vampire's grave at midnight. Steeling himself with wine and desperation, Ramo ventures into the graveyard to complete the task, but as his courage fades and fear takes hold, something goes terribly wrong in the darkness. What begins as a test of nerve becomes a tragedy born from the very terror that drove him forward.

A Western doctor's fateful reunion with his love in the Arabian desert collides with a ruthless sheik's ruthless power grab in this tale of honor, destiny, and a legendary blade. When Brooks Bradley journeys to Rana's homeland to stand by her aging father against Sheik Achmed's brutal ambitions, he discovers that sometimes fate wields a sword of its own. "The Sword of Kismet" weaves Arabian legend with adventure as ancient prophecy and modern devotion collide in the sands.