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The Invisible Man I

    Working secretly in his laboratory, Dr. Gade, scientist supreme, is finishing a project that will give mankind work-saving powers and advance civilization one hundred years. But a cowardly assassin breaks into Gade's lab, and in the ensuing struggle Dr. Gade is splashed with chemicals from an overturned vat. Dazed, Dr. Gade is tossed into a blast furnace by the sneaky assassin, who flees the scene as the laboratory burns down. Fortunately for Dr. Gade, the chemicals have made him impervious to flame, and he emerges unharmed. When the good Doctor has cooled down from the fire, he finds himself invisible! Concluding that he has tuned into new vibrations, Dr. Gade feels "full of power" now. Constructing a blue saucer-shaped disk to catch these vibrations, Dr. Gade turns visible again. He makes a miniature version of the disk attached to a belt, allowing him to appear and disappear at will.

    Searching for his would-be assassin, Dr. Gade finds him in the den of his employers, the unscrupulous money kings, and promptly throws him out the window 40 stories up! Gade then breaks up the evil money kings’ scheme. One of them, Sorvan, seeks revenge at Gade's laboratory, only to end up de-atomized by one of the doctor’s machines. The Invisible Man only has two further adventures before disappearing forever.