Captain Satan, King of Detectives

# April 1938: Detective Adventure and Crime Fiction

This issue of Captain Satan features "Parole for the Dead," a detective adventure novel by William O'Sullivan that dominates the publication. The story concerns murder and supernatural crime—prison breaks orchestrated by unknown forces, with protagonist Cary Adair, a wealthy man-about-town living in a Manhattan penthouse, visited by Jo Desher, Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Desher seeks Adair's analytical assistance on a baffling case. Additional short stories include "Bullets Speak Louder" by Walter J. Higgins, concerning a lawman named Lew Dowling, "Death Has a Double" by Ralph Bennitt, about murder's complications, and "The Hot Seat," concerning gunmen. The issue also contains editorial commentary on marijuana as an emerging threat to American youth.