Don Winslow U.S.N continues to fight "The Scorpion" -- actually just a colorful name for a South American dictator. Two-seat fighter planes were statted in
Hideouts & Hoodlums Book II: Mobsters & Trophies. Heavy artillery was not statted until
Supplement I: National, but the closest thing to these heavy cannons in that book is the howitzer (in a pinch, I would use those same stats).
Luckily, "the canon-fire has uncovered an ancient underground passage". Now these Navy boys can do some hideout delving!
Bos'n Hal continues to learn about the lost world in the Arctic and what would, before modern times, be considered hi-tech trophies -- solar-powered motorboats and solar-powered cars!
Little Joe is going to grow up to think all Mexicans are bandits. If the roles were reversed and the bandit was the Hero and Little Joe was just a half-pint, the bandit's $10 bill would have entitled him to a new encounter reaction roll, to see if he could get a better result. Also note the reference to the Foil Tracking stunt in the second-to-last panel.
"Whiteboy" has got to be the worst name for a comic book character ever, though it probably comes from the "Paleface" name that Indians always used to use in the movies. Here we get to see an elephant (never statted for
H&H, but will be in the next book to come out).
We also get to see some trick riding, which might warrant a stunt to do. Should circus animal trainer be a mobster-type...?
Tiny Tim has an interesting encounter with Rip Van Winkle, though Rip is curiously not referred to by name. Assuming
the story is the same, then this is the first appearance of ghosts in a comic book story.
(Scans courtesy of Digital Comic Museum at
http://www.digitalcomicmuseum.org/index.php?dlid=3808)
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