A mild-mannered newspaper proofreader saves his publisher from a disastrous libel suit when he finds a misplaced comma; the grateful publisher rewards Hiram with an around-the-world tour.
A mild-mannered newspaper proofreader saves his publisher from a disastrous libel suit when he finds a misplaced comma; the grateful publisher rewards Hiram with an around-the-world tour.
On the first leg of their around-the-world tour Hiram and Ainslie make landfall in England prior to traveling to Scotland; on a train the two men become involved with a murder, a stolen gem and a poisonous snake.
On the first leg of their around-the-world tour Hiram and Ainslie make landfall in England prior to traveling to Scotland; on a train the two men become involved with a murder, a stolen gem and a poisonous snake.
During his visit to Scotland, Hiram is convinced to impersonate the King of Rovaki, who looks exactly like the American tourist; Hiram discovers the reason for the identity change after someone attempts to kill him.
During his visit to Scotland, Hiram is convinced to impersonate the King of Rovaki, who looks exactly like the American tourist; Hiram discovers the reason for the identity change after someone attempts to kill him.
After finding a message in the hollow handle of his umbrella, Hiram finds himself chased by foreign spies and the Paris police; Hiram performs in a circus as a trapeze artist and an exotic dancer to throw his pursuers off his trail.
After finding a message in the hollow handle of his umbrella, Hiram finds himself chased by foreign spies and the Paris police; Hiram performs in a circus as a trapeze artist and an exotic dancer to throw his pursuers off his trail.
While visiting Monte Carlo, Hiram uses his surefire system to win a yacht in a roulette game, which leads to the discovery of a plot to flood the United States with counterfeit currency.
While visiting Monte Carlo, Hiram uses his surefire system to win a yacht in a roulette game, which leads to the discovery of a plot to flood the United States with counterfeit currency.
Hiram's skill as a painter gets him in trouble when his copies of the old masters are mistaken for the real paintings which have been stolen from the Louvre.
Hiram's skill as a painter gets him in trouble when his copies of the old masters are mistaken for the real paintings which have been stolen from the Louvre.
Hiram visits a carnival in Genoa, Italy, to take a picture of a rare type of mouse; unfortunately, his photograph captures a pair of camera-shy revolutionaries that are on the lam from the French authorities. Tor Johnson.
Hiram visits a carnival in Genoa, Italy, to take a picture of a rare type of mouse; unfortunately, his photograph captures a pair of camera-shy revolutionaries that are on the lam from the French authorities. Tor Johnson.
Holliday is in Sturmzig, a strategically important nation in which a new king is to be chosen. Holliday thwarts the nefarious schemes of the evil Baron; but is inadvertantly chosen king. After he defeats the Baron and his henchman, he abdicates.
Holliday is in Sturmzig, a strategically important nation in which a new king is to be chosen. Holliday thwarts the nefarious schemes of the evil Baron; but is inadvertantly chosen king. After he defeats the Baron and his henchman, he abdicates.
While searching for evidence of one of his ancestors, Hiram is shipwrecked on the African coast; Hiram meets an evil Berber sheik and a lot of men who look remarkably like the globetrotting proofreader.
While searching for evidence of one of his ancestors, Hiram is shipwrecked on the African coast; Hiram meets an evil Berber sheik and a lot of men who look remarkably like the globetrotting proofreader.
