Vance Skarstedt

Though innocent of involvement, Joe Bradshaw happens to be in the company of the Fowler Brothers when they hold up a diner and murder its proprietor. He flees in fright. Fear of the police, compounded with an even greater terror of the vengeance he may expect from the Fowlers, drives Joe to attempt to get out of town.

Before Mike Nelson can investigate the disappearance of two geologists the sea washes one of them upon the beach, his body bearing marks apparently made by the suction valves of a giant octopus. When later the body of a young boy is found with the same mysterious marks, Mike is sure that the killer is a diabolically clever man who has somehow found a way to duplicate the mark of an octopus.

Dan Mathews swings into action to prevent a grief-crazed father from a revenge killing.

Dan Mathews puts the brakes on high-speed death, when he tracks down hot-rod killers.

Dan Mathews races against time to capture motel bandits before they strike again.

Dan Mathews finds an injured woman victim of amnesia on a lonely mountain road.