“The television forgers” manage to extort a large sum of money from the American Networks, in exchange for the promise to suspend their “counterfeit” transmissions, but they do not manage to kill Martin Mystère, who acted as intermediary for the hand-over of the money. The news of his death is however disseminated throughout the world, while Martin manages to trace those responsible for the blackmail. Afterwards, the mysterious murder of a registry office clerk kicks off a new adventure …