The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson. First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, "Kings of Crime" plot to fleece it out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when "The Stars Promise Death." Plus: Nick Carter solves "The Case of the Mermaid's Murder!" in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell.