Britt Reid finds himself framed for murder by racketeers angry at him for their exposure in the pages of the Daily Sentinel.; The Hornet hunts down a crooked politician who has literally bought access to the penitentiary in order to make possible prison escapes.; The Hornet and Kato are determined to put a mysterious "phantom truck" out of action that has been used to put a rival trucking company out of business.; When the Hornet discovers that Jake Saco left the supporting columns of a new bridge hollow in order to save money on construction, and that bridge collapses killing many innocent people, he decides to put Saco in jail where he belongs.; Grim intrigue throws the oriental section of a city into a terrible Tong war and Britt Reid, as the Hornet, decides to investigate. He discovers that rival Tongs each have one half of a sacred tablet giving the location of a Chinese treasure to be used to rehabilitate China.; The Hornet goes after a crime syndicate chief who has shot and kidnapped Mike Axford, who had been investigating the murder of a crook named Spud.; Wounded and nearly unmasked by Axford, Lowry and Moran, the Hornet makes his escape, thanks to a phony package bomb thrown through a window by Kato.