Brand of the Metal Maiden — G.T. Fleming-Roberts

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 HeavensChapter II – Man-TrapChapter III – The Squaw's DiveChapter IV – The Bat-men StrikeChapter V – Death at Dewarren'sChapter VI – The Mark of XChapter VII – Emperor ZeroChapter VIII – Day of DoomChapter IX – The Zero HourThe Secret Council – Behind the Scenes With Secret Agent XBrand of the Metal Maiden was published in Secret Agent X in the January, 1936 issue.