Octopus of Crime — Brant House

Tentacles of terror reached over the country, spreading like a hideous blight through the cities of America. The underworld, welded together under the secret symbol of a monster of crime, was organized as never before. And Secret Agent X, master man-hunter went up against a genius of crime who stooped even to the ghastly horrors of medieval torture.Octopus Of Crime – A monstrous octopus of evil gained slow power over the underworld. His identity as mysterious as that of Secret Agent X himself, this apostle of wickedness led the horror hordes of the nation into a bloody carnival of crime.Chapter I – Guns in the NightChapter II – The Law's NetChapter III – Plunging PerilChapter IV – Wings of DestructionChapter V – The Mark of HorrorChapter VI – Night VisitorChapter VII – Black HorrorsChapter VIII – Crimson FangsChapter IX – A Fresh ClueChapter X – The New CommissionerChapter XI – Trapped by ScienceChapter XII – Death in the NightChapter XIII – The Sky AttackChapter XIV – The Crash!Chapter XV – The Way of the OctopusChapter XVI – Passwords to HellChapter XVII – Death to the AgentChapter XVIII – Thundering DoomChapter XIX – Criminal CunningChapter XX – The Mysterious MessageChapter XXI – Tentacles of the OctopusChapter XXII – The Octopus Speaks AgainChapter XXIII – Sky MonsterChapter XXIV – Who is the Octopus?The Secret Council – Behind the Scenes with Secret Agent X