The Name of the Game

Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.

The governor of an unnamed state though popular with his constituents runs the state like a banana-republic dictatorship, complete with uniformed thugs. Glenn Howard (GB) finds that the source of his power may have bigger political stakes in mind.

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect.

Howard (GB) goes to Italy to research a story, then finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud.

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.

Howard Publications journalist intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist tries to destroy the career of a promising government official who happens to be her boyfriend.

Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.

The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).

Publisher Glenn Howard (GB)is suddenly whisked away from his plush office in 1971. He finds himself in a world beneath the Earth's surface, circa 2017. The powers-that-be in this subterranean world refuse to answer Howard's many questions as to what has happened on the surface.

A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).

A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till. Dan Farrell (RS), investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations.

Glenn Howard (GB), who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician. Seeking revenge, the politician orders a young hard-case to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece. The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine.

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.

Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews,is particularly close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to know why.

Howard (GB) tries to find out who is behind a series of death threats levelled against him. He interviews several likely suspects who, in flashback, explain just what might have prompted them to kill.

When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.

Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.

Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.

At his college class reunion, Howard (GB) meets a strange, beautiful woman who tells him how a crush she once had on him has ruined her life.

Dan Farrell (RS) reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl.

Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.

Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.

A would-be actress with suicidal tendencies pegs Jeff as her key to success.

The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farrell (RS) to investigate. Curiously, the partner of the abduction victim's millionaire father tries to bribe Farrell to drop the case.

Jilted by "populist" tycoon Cesar Rodriguez, Hilary thirsts for revenge. She plans to publish a series of articles exposing the popular Rodriguez as a fraud, using his Mexican heritage to hornswoggle his own people.

Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.

Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the mystery.

Glenn Howard (GB) tries to prove that a young girl did not really kill herself and finds himself dangerously entangled with a coven of deadly witches.

Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A "Pop" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics, treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony, and tries to prove it

As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and vanished. The ladies reinforce Howard's suspicions of a frame-up and sparks a probe that sends him into guerrilla territory.

A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout.

Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.

Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union.

A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs.

Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved?

Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge.

Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, however, suggests that he is in bed with the Mob. Howard and Crime magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell try to weed out the truth.

The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster type pressures him to lay off.

An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the man responsible for his sightlessness.

Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) wants to know the reasons for her apathy.

A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.

Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

A prison break puts Dan Farrell on the trail of a robbery gang. One of the escapees is a former building contractor who left prison against his will, and Farrell suspects that the old man's expertise is being used for a big heist.

Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

Farrell covers a ghetto priest's crusade against tenement living conditions. With more courage than sense, the good father attacks the owners, a rough-playing crime syndicate.

Currier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

Howard (GB) is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons.

Conway "Connie" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.

Howard (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.

Farrell takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a "Swinging Singles" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's peccadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.

Howard(GB) helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

The fire-bomb death of a black newspaper editor, who advocated peaceful change rather than violence, brings reporter Jeff Dillion in to the investigation. The main suspect is a militant black leader who may be playing both sides of the issue for his own gain.

Dan and Peggy go undercover as truck driver and car hop to investigate a drug organization that specifically targets school children.

The Soviet army has invaded Czechoslovakia and Glenn and Peggy travel to Prague in order to try and get a banned manuscript out of the country before rival journalists steal it or the communists destroy it.

Dan Farrell works feverishly on a story that could save a life. His subject: death row inmate Linda Ramsey, who was convicted of murdering her socialite husband. Certain of her innocence, Dan meticulously researches every incident from Linda's marriage to the death scene.

A bigoted millionaire is tired of this nation's racial situation and sets out to use his money to create his own army and take matters into his own hands.

Publisher Glenn Howard investigates the murder of a playgirl in Rome, and uncovers a life of corruption, drugs and sex.

A financial bargainer is accused of murder, prompting Howard to send Jeff and Peggy to a small town to observe how politics affect justice.

A senior editor has been accused of espionage in East Germany and Howard flies to Berlin in hopes of obtaining his release.

Farrell's wife was brutally murdered by robbers and he's been patiently waiting for the right time to take his retribution.

Jeff Dillon's friend, photographer Peter Max, saved his life in Nam. Dillon now has the opportunity to return the favor, as Max has been accused of committing murder.

Glen Howard (GB), Crime Magazine publisher, refuses to support a powerful businessman who backs a crooked political candidate and finds himself in a battle of wits in the takeover of his publishing empire.

Editor Dan Farrell tries to locate the lone witness to a criminal act after a mob informant is murdered. He finds the witness under an assumed name hiding in a small town, then discovers that now he is being followed by a hit man.

A high level business tycoon is about to take over a position of power with the government when a gorgeous fashion model is murdered and it appears he's involved.