The Shield is sent to stop a Stokian spy ring.; After injecting himself with a gas fifty times lighter than hydrogen, John Dickering discovers he can now take leaps that are more like flying. Beams now shoot from his eyes and when the rays cross what ever he's looking at disintegrates. Glass is the only thing that can stop the beams. He vows to use his new powers for good. He starts by going after a typhoid racketeer. Killing three associates The Comet comes upon Dr. Archer and takes him up into the sky to convince him to stop his typhoid racket. After Dr. Archer pleads to be let down The Comet lets him go, letting him fall to his death.; Fu Chang, American university-educated and living in San Francisco’s Chinatown, is devoted to the teachings of the Chinese gods and has sworn his life to aid the oppressed. Sing Po, a famous magician and direct descendant of Aladdin, upon his death, willed to Fu Chang a set of magic chessmen possessing all the magic powers of Aladdin’s lamp and are responsible for Fu Chang’s spectacular solutions of great International mysteries. He saves Tay Ming from the Dragon by praying to his god, who brings the chessmen to life to defeat the Dragon and save his girlfriend (later fiancee).; Young playboy and newspaper reporter Flash Calvert becomes the Falcon in order to effectively battle against the enemies of the free press.