The first issue of the hero-pulp PHANTOM DETECTIVE features "The Emperor of Death " by G. Wayman Jones, in which the Phantom Detective wages a lone-wolf campaign against a ruthless king of criminals, who plans a reign of wholesale death and destruction! This issue also includes "Framed " by Will Levinrew, "Death on Dow Street " by Jack D'Arcy, and "Rub-Out " by John H. Compton.