La puerta del infierno

This Spanish-language pulp magazine issue contains two connected spy stories featuring Brigitte Montfort, "Baby," a beautiful CIA agent. The opening story, "La puerta del infierno" (The Gate of Hell), describes the CIA receiving a threatening note signed "Luciferius" with film footage showing Earth's destruction; agents are ordered to the Whitesands Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, where a mysterious figure waits reading Milton's *Paradise Lost*. The main narrative, "La despedida" (The Farewell) and subsequent chapters, follows Brigitte's departure from Malta, where she has spent three weeks with "Number One," described as the world's greatest spy. After an emotional airport goodbye, Brigitte returns to her New York apartment. There she's greeted enthusiastically by her housekeeper Peggy, her small chihuahua Cicero, and the comedic Frank Minello, her devoted friend and colleague. CIA Sector Chief Charlie Pitzer and his assistant Simón arrive with news of a dangerous assignment, though Pitzer initially claims merely to welcome her home—a deception Minello immediately suspects.