The Mysterious Wu Fang

The ancient Indian tomb had been sealed for a thousand years; its discovery was an archaeological find. But few guessed its horrible secret, or knew that a certain Oriental super-villain, the fiendish Wu Fang, wished to enter its portals . . . not to study the withered bones, but to capture the death germs buried there -- deadly germs of a rare plague of madness which he meant to use to control the world! "The Case of the Suicide Tomb" originally appeared in the December, 1935 issue of "The Mysterious Wu Fang," a classic pulp magazine, and is presented with its original cover and interior arwork.

Into the city of Bagdad, once host to the forty thieves and hot bed of ancient sin, has come the Dragon Lord of Crime, Wu Fang--his purpose and his mission Death--but death more ghastly than any the mind of man can conceive, wrested from the secrets of forgotten centuries and now employed in gaining the mastery of the earth.

"There is one Val Kildare, government agent. It is my wish that he die the most painful death in our power to inflict." From an underground room in Limehouse this order was given. And now, across the Atlantic, sped a murder cargo to wipe out the only man who stood between Wu Fang, Emperor of Crime, and his conquest of the world!

"When I know the secret of the five casks, I will be all powerful. Find the one who can tell me this secret. I will wait--but not for long." This was the command Wu Fang gave to his agents deep in New York's Chinatown. And only two white men guessed his plans, could dare hope to pit their wits and detective skill against the murder scheme of the most dangerous crime master in the world!

Murder, swift and unseen--taking as its toll the most prominent citizens of New York, and marking with blood and horror, the trail of the mysterious Black Lotus. What was the purpose of this silent scourge, that stilled the innocent in sudden death? Val Kildare knew this much at least; that the fiend behind this slaughter killed not for vengeance, but for pleasure!

A thousand years ago the man with the golden mask had ruled a continent; today, men scoffed at the legend. A golden face with hypnotic powers? Impossible!... But Wu Fang, dragon lord of crime, smiled wisely; he wanted that mask--wanted it enough to blaze a murder trail across half the globe, to weave a death snare which only three white men--Val Kildare, Jerry Hazard and Cappy could dare combat!

Newspapers throughout the civilized world screamed the headlines--"WU FANG" CAPTURED!!! And within the escape-proof walls of Scotland Yard, it was a fact, accomplished through the clever hands of Val Kildare. Yet somewhere within the evil haunts of fog-bound London, sinister agents knew the unspoken desires of the Crime Lord and advanced with the single thought, ESCAPE!--Ever onward, weaving their patterns of Death and Despair!