Dates
- Cover date
- June 1948
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Home, Sweet Home · 5 pages
With his wartime service completed, Buz returns to Willow Springs and his family, only to find himself growing restless as too many of his old acquaintances have moved on.
- Finders Keepers · 10 pages
Chili summons Buz to New York to offer him a job with International Airways in Iraq. While in New York, Buz discovers his old flame Tot is now engaged to Count Confetti and the Count becomes immediately jealous and suspicious of Buz's intentions. Meanwhile, the Maharani of Batu comes to New York to see Tot and has her agent Skagg monitor Tot & Buz's activities.
- Lady and the Tiger! · 6 pages
Buz is reunited with the Maharani, but finds her extremely jealous of the attention he's been giving Tot. The Maharani causes a minor panic in New York by taking her pet tiger Taboo for a walk and she likewise uses Taboo to frighten Tot. The Maharani pledges her devotion to Buz and tries to win him back.
- Stab of Doom · 8 pages
Buz completes his job interview with International Airways and lands a job for himself and Sweeney, summoning Sweeney to New York to share in his good fortune. The Maharani becomes increasingly difficult and has to be escorted from Buz's hotel room after attacking him. Tot breaks off her engagement to the Count, thinking now she can be with Buz, but the Maharani sends Taboo into Tot's apartment to frighten her and Tot falls over the balcony.
- Pangs of Remorse · 6 pages
Tot Winters is reported dead and when the police find an unwitting Buz in Tot's room, they arrest him. The Maharani is sorrowful at inadvertently landing Buz in trouble and goes to Skagg to plan her exit from the USA.
- End of the Trail · 11 pages
Buz is released from jail and when he learns the Maharani is leaving aboard her yacht, Buz and Sweeney pursue the vessel in their seaplane. Buz confronts the Maharani aboard the yacht and she attempts to shanghai him, but he fights back against Skagg, during which Taboo's antics cause a fire to break out aboard ship. The yacht is destroyed with no sign of the Maharani aboard the lifeboats. Buz returns to explain Tot's death to the police, but they'd already correctly surmised what happened.
- Untitled · 1 pages
An old woman tries to stir up her village against a hated neighbor by claiming she's a witch, but instead the village casts out the old woman.
- Rico · 1 pages
Rico's tie vending wagon is beset by calamity no matter where he sets it up.