James Kirkham is a fearless explorer, who came back to New York from a very profitable trip in China. He gets kidnapped off the streets of downtown Manhattan by the minions of a crime lord and evil genius who calls himself Satan. Kirkham finds himself in Satan's lair with many other famous people trapped or blackmailed by Satan, and forced to play a game of seven footprints. Kirkham winds up a bond servant to Satan, and is compelled to commit various fantastic crimes while in his service.