The Jinx is a blind black monkey, surviving owner after owner managing to survive until it comes to Dusty, the Shield’s kid partner. The Shield discovers through an anthropologist friend that the monkey is an idol of sorts to the Thuggi cult of India and represents all evil and bad luck to all but the Thuggi. Higgins arranges for the monkey to be sent to Japan.; The Black Hood uses the pieces left on a checker board to solve a murder that's meant to look like a suicide.; Alastair Morganbilt joins the army as a prissy gentleman but leaves in a body bag as a fighting man.; Archie gets a new camera and starts taking pictures that get him in trouble.; Marco Loco meets Genghis Khan and tries to stop his wedding.; Two mad scientists give Catfish Joe pills that make him able to jump really far.