Who is the Emperor Zero? And why would he send his henchmen to unleash the hideous poison gas at the rooftop café and murder the patrons?
Brand of the Metal Maiden (1936)
A music master was the Emperor Zero — master of murder music. For his pupils danced a mad rhythm into the grave. Young people they were, but as they danced they aged — years in seconds. Young faces became furrowed with the mark of time. Their hair became as white as frost. Mummies they became—in silks and satins, and modern dinner coats. . . . Secret Agent X hurled his crime-crushing organisations against the Emperor Zero. But Agent X found himself enmeshed in the hilarious dance to hell.
Chapter I – Hell from the Heavens
Chapter II – Man-Trap
Chapter III – The Squaw's Dive
Chapter IV – The Bat-men Strike
Chapter V – Death at Dewarren's
Chapter VI – The Mark of X
Chapter VII – Emperor Zero
Chapter VIII – Day of Doom
Chapter IX – The Zero Hour
The Secret Council – Behind the Scenes With Secret Agent X
Brand of the Metal Maiden was published in Secret Agent "X" in the January, 1936 issue.
