Young Allies Comics #13
Coffins for Six
Travelling across the desert after a War Bond selling tour, the Young Allies hear a radio report about how the military are transporting some German soldiers for a prisoner exchange. It just so happens that they are passing a crossing that this train is travelling on. They spot a large rock has been moved on the tracks and park their truck in front of it in the hopes that the engineer sees their truck and stops the train in time to prevent a collision. This plan works, although their truck is wrecked in the process. The soldiers on board are so grateful to the Young Allies that they offer the boys a ride the rest of the way one they get the track cleared. As everyone is working, none are aware of a trio of Nazi spies who have sneaked onboard the train. In the cargo compartment they toss the bodies of dead German soldiers that are being shipped back home so they can hide in the coffins and smuggle the their stolen secrets back to their masters.
However, as the train begins to go, the Young Allies are told to stay in the cargo area they catch the spies and beat them senseless and toss them from the train to their deaths. Realizing what the spies were up to, Bucky convinces the others to hide in the coffins so they can give the Nazis a rude surprise. The coffins are then shipped to a neutral country where they are delivered to the Germany embassy. There, a Nazi official calling himself Herr Doktor is waiting eagerly for the coffins and the secrets the spies will bring to him. Instead the Young Allies ambush them. Although they learn that the Nazis are planning on attacking the American ship when it leaves port, they are overpowered and made prisoners in the basement of the German embassy.
Looking around, they find that the Germans have been storing their ammunition in the basement and Jeff rigs it to explode. They also find some suits of armor and put them on and use the medieval weapons to smash through the door and renew their attack on the Nazis. They manage to fight their way outside to a waiting car and escape just as the explosive go off, destroying the German embassy. Rushing to the American embassy, they learn that the ship just left. When they attempt to radio the crew to warn them, they discover the radio isn’t working. With time running out, the Young Allies rush to a nearby airport to get a plane. However, officials refuse to give them one in order to remain neutral in order to avoid the Nazi’s wrath. The young heroes then rush the guards and get a plane and fly off to stop the submarine. They arrive just as the submarine surfaces from the water and attempts to attack the American ship. The surprise attack force the Nazis to retreat, but not before Bucky can wedge open the submarine’s hatch so it fills with water and sinks instead, saving the ship.
Recurring Characters
Young Allies (Bucky, Toro, Knuckles O’Toole, Jeff Vandergill, Tubby Tinkle, Whitewash Jones), Nazis
The Arabian Nights
Bored in class once again, Tommy Tyme is reading the story of Aladdin in class and wishes he had Aladdin’s magic carpet so he could escape class. This inspires him to use his Clock of the Ages to go back in time to the Middle East to try and find it. Upon his arrival the boy gets the attention of the Shirk of Araby who wants to sell Tommy as slave. Tommy tries to fight back but is knocked out and knocked in the Shiek’s dungeon.
There he meets Aladdin who is also prisoner within the dungeon. Learning that Aladdin has his magic lamp and that he has no idea of the power he has, Tommy tells Aladdin to rub the lamp. Doing so causes the magic genie inside to emerge. He tells the two boys that he will grant their wishes until he slays a truly evil man and be free from the curse that imprisons him inside the lamp. They ask the Genie to create a magic carpet for them and they use it to escape the dungeon. Learning that Aladdin needs to save his love, Princess Fatima, Tommy insists that they go to the Sheik’s palace and free her. There, Tommy helps Aladdin reunite with Fatima. However, they are soon discovered by the Sheik and his guards. Tommy manages to keep them at bay with his slingshot until the Genie emerges from his lamp again. Recognizing the Sheik of Araby as the great evil he must destroy, the genie throws the Sheik to his death. With this death the genie is set free and leaves.
Collecting the magic lamp and the flying carpet, Tommy Tyme then returns to his own era. When he attempts to use them to leave class he realizes that their magical powers left when the genie was freed.
Recurring Characters
Tommy Tyme
Let’s Play Detective
Detective Mike Trapp and Pepper Burns are investigating the murder of Guy Henderson, a playwright that was killed at the Hiritz Hotel. Of interest, Henderson had scratched the word “oil” into the floor before he died. After questioning the hotel guests and staff, Trapp deduces that the killer was Clive Benson, Henderson’s friend who was staying in the room next door.
Recurring Characters
Detective Mike Trapp, Pepper Burns
The Land of Death
Along the Black River, a skeletal figure brings a man to shore telling him that he is no longer dead. This man is grateful to have cheated death even if he is now completely broke. As he runs through the wilderness he bumps into Bucky, Knuckles and Whitewash Jones of the Young Allies who are waiting to meet up with the rest of their team. The man tells them that he was brought back to the land of the living by Charon and runs away. Bucky eventually recognizes him as Spencer Warwick a millionaire who went missing a few weeks ago. The trio decide to look into his claims and leave a note for the others asking them to follow them.
Going to the shore where they witness Charon and his ghouls trying to convince another millionaire, Pierpont Jones, into climbing aboard. When the Young Allies interrupt they discover that Jones has been drugged into thinking he was killed. Unfortunately, Bucky and the others are knocked out and taken aboard the ship where Charon and his ghoul intend to take the youths to their master, Death. Not far away, Toro arrives with Jeff and Tubby to meet with the othes and come across their note and decides to follow them. When the arrive at the shore of the river they find trace of a struggle and begin crossing the river to try and find their friends.
Meanwhile, Bucky and the others are taken into a cavern to meet with King Death. Before they are allowed to give an audience they are made to sign a book and specify what their wealth is. However, when they meet King Death, the Young Allies are unimpressed and soon a fight breaks out. However, the youths escape and lay low to find out what’s really going on. They witness as Pierpont Jones is brought before King Death and is tortured. When Pierpont begs for the torment to end, King Death offers to return Jones back to the land of the living as long as he departs with his wealth. Jones agrees and is about to sign a paper when Bucky and the others come out of hiding to stop this deal from being finalized.
Unfortunately for the Young Allies, they are overpowered and taken prisoner once again. However, this time, they are rescued when Toro and the others arrive. In the ensuing battle, they quickly discover that this is not Death and his minions, but crooks in costumes. These thieves are quickly taken down ending their convoluted scheme to bilk millionaires out of their fortunes.
Recurring Characters
Young Allies (Bucky, Toro, Knuckles O’Toole, Jeff Vandergill, Tubby Tinkle, Whitewash Jones)
