A wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.

A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.

The Dead End Kids go after a gang known as the Sea Raiders, which is sinking Allied shipping.

A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.

The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a traveling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy is a pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when Gregory turns up missing.

A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.