“In his navigable torpedo, the most powerful weapon afloat, THE RED TORPEDO is the terror of maritime evildoers, the Robin Hood of the deep!” Jim Lockhart resigned from the U.S. Navy to build THE RED TORPEDO, in which he travels the world seeking justice and righting wrongs. He battles villains such as The Black Shark, and discovered hidden civilizations like Merezonia – his exploits in the pages of Crack Comics are some of the pure gold of the Golden Age! To the world he is Richard Stanton, famous character actor...but when his daughter goes missing, Stanton uses his acting and disguise skills to become MADAM FATAL – a seemingly innocent old lady with a secret! Stanton decides to continue fighting evil as MADAM FATAL.....which he(she) did for 22 great stories in the pages of CRACK COMICS! Perry Chase, playboy son of the publisher of the Daily Express, is secretly that indomitable avenger of the oppressed, that vanguard of justice, that protector of law and order, THE PRESS GUARDIAN. For 11 issues of Pep Comics, THE PRESS GUARDIAN, aided by Cynthia Blake, Chase's secretary and the only person who knows his secret, battled the forces of criminality – and this is the first collection of all his stories, in print for the first time in over 70 years! THREE EXCITING COMPLETE SERIESOF GOLDEN AGE HEROES MADAM FATAL – FROM CRACK COMICS RED TORPEDO – FROM CRACK COMICS PRESS GUARDIAN – FROM PEP COMICS QUALITY NOTE: A few stories are taken from a poor-qualiy microfiche source. Other stories show age and weathering. We are always working to update and upgrade this book; in fact over 25 pages were upgraded for this edition.