Variety Comics #1

When woman detective Terry Temple makes a routine stop to question a young thief, she stumbles onto something far more dangerous: a can of green ink that leads her to a counterfeiting operation hidden in an abandoned tenement. As she investigates deeper with the help of two local boys, Terry finds herself face-to-face with the criminals behind the scheme—and discovers that her beat might just intersect with danger in "Mystery of the Green Paint."

Marty Moore and his quick-witted parrot Garcon stumble into real trouble when they encounter a pair of kidnappers holding Percy Peramble and his Scottish terrier for ransom. With Blackie's help and some clever improvisation, the boy detective must outmaneuver the criminals and rescue his former rival before the criminals escape town.

Commander Neil Nelson leads a bold overland assault through Desolation Island's treacherous terrain to seize a Japanese radio station and free French colonists held captive there. After fighting through swamps, avalanches, and quicksand to reach the enemy base, Nelson and his men secure the station and intercept vital intelligence about the Japanese fleet. With the enemy's new code finally cracked, Nelson sets a trap that could turn the tide in the South Indian Ocean.

The Mystery Master introduces "The Web," a tale of a man who returns from prison obsessed with a terrible living weapon—a writhing, web-like creature capable of holding the world hostage through fear. When his brother Gig discovers the creature's potential for crime and moves to steal it for a bank robbery, he triggers a chain of events that unleashes the very horror his brother sought to control. As greed and desperation collide with science gone wrong, there's no stopping what has been set loose.