Detective lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city.

Detective Lt.Bill Bannister has the assignment to run down an unknown gang of terrorists spreading a net of crime over the city. Aiding him is Detective Tim Nolan, news photographer Vicki Logan and reporter Happy Haskins. Bill finds that the gang's leader is a mysterious Professor Mortis and the gang is made up of known criminals officially listed in the police records as dead. Each has become of member of Mortis' "League of Murdered Men" after seemingly committing suicide by hanging while on death row. Bill eventually, after surviving a plane crash, being dynamited, dropped down a well and other nuisances, tracks the gang to two hideouts; a subterranean cell beneath the city's subways and a suburban mystery house.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Detective Lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city. Aiding him is Detective Tim Nolen, while following his investigations closely are Vickie Logan, a news photographer in whom Bill is interested romantically, and her reporter teammate, Happy Haskins. Hotly pursuing a rapid sequence of daring crimes, including attempts on his life, Bill finds that the band's ring-leader is a mysterious professor Mortis. Clues unearthed lead Bill to the amazing discovery that Mortis'; the gang is made up of known criminals officially listed in police records as dead. Each has become a member of Mortis' "League of Murdered Men" after seemingly committing suicide by hanging while awaiting the death penalty. Bill runs a gauntlet of narrow escapes in attempting to round up the band.