Poder Infernal

"Poder infernal" by Alan Star This Spanish-language science fiction serial, published by Ediciones Toray in 1961, follows a heist targeting a futuristic cremation center. A mysterious scientist—referred to only as "the professor"—orchestrates the theft of ten corpses from an automated incinerator facility during a snowstorm using a helicopter. Six criminals, including Bill (an escaped death-row inmate), and the professor's trusted pilot Hunter execute the operation while two center workers, Lewis and Robert, remain unaware of the intrusion. The professor's true intentions remain unclear as the cadavers are transported to his laboratory hidden beneath a mansion near Boston. The criminals, promised five thousand credits per body, descend into the basement where they discover surveillance equipment. The professor observes them via hidden camera, his intentions sinister and deliberately concealed. The narrative emphasizes technological elements—automated systems, X-ray scanners, radar—alongside the criminal plot's escalating tension and moral ambiguity regarding the professor's scientific purpose for the stolen bodies.