A love triangle occurs between the publisher's daughter Betty Moody. comic book artist Tim Jones, and the company's wily manipulative manager Hilton Payne. In addition, Betty's dad, Phineas Moody suffers from severe melancholy; and an emergency cure of laughter is required to save his health.

A young man bets $10,000 that he can go for 24 hours without lying.

An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.