Space Detective #1

Space Detective features Rod Hathaway as the protagonist investigating "The Opium Smugglers of Venus," a case involving criminal activity in the Venusian tropics. The story involves a murderer from Mars, smuggling operations, and Hathaway pursuing bandits through space in his spacecraft while engaging in combat and chase sequences across the planets. The narrative includes encounters with skeletal adversaries, bank heists involving platinum, and action set on Venus with underwater sequences where characters must cut ropes and escape from propeller blades.