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Tommy, Skeets and Barbara Lane arrive on Puerto Bahongo Island hunting for their missing friend, the aviator Tex Landon, only to discover his wrecked plane and find themselves surrounded by hostile Toltec natives. When they're brought before the tribe's "High Ullah"—a mysterious white man revered as a god—Barbara is stunned to recognize him as Tex himself, now seemingly lost to madness and command over the island. Tex must navigate the delicate balance between maintaining his supernatural authority and orchestrating an escape before his dwindling supply of "magic powder" runs out and exposes the truth to his captors.

Tommy and Skeets return to Miami from Marquie with urgent news—they need help rescuing three prisoners held on the invaded island, but when the Coast Guard drags its feet, Tommy rallies a squadron of volunteer pilots to launch a daring midnight assault. As this ragtag air force descends on Marquie, the enemy scrambles to eliminate all witnesses, and the real battle—one that could cost Tommy and his friends everything—is just beginning.

Tommy and his daring squadron of freelance flyers launch an unauthorized raid on the island of Marquie to rescue their missing friends from the grip of the Versalians and Col. Le Compte's forces—but their defiant action against government orders brings the U.S. Navy down upon them. When a Coast Guard commander arrives on the scene, Tommy braces for arrest, unaware that his reckless heroics have actually solved a much larger international crisis. Written by Hal Forrest, this 1946 adventure captures the high-flying thrills and moral stakes that made Tailspin Tommy a beloved pulp hero.