National Comics #74

National Comics #74 is an anthology featuring multiple stories. "The Barker Outspiels Snake Oil Sam" follows a con man at a circus barber shop who encounters a large walrus and becomes entangled in comedic mishaps involving circus performers. "Lassie" depicts a child's beach adventures, including digging in the sand and accidentally striking a man with a shovel. "Steve Wood" features the waterfront detective investigating a murder connected to a yachting party and a case involving a diamond smuggling racket, with a mysterious robed figure looming over a ship as death descends on the case.