Ace Williams, known as the Ace of the Newsreels, was both a cameraman and journalist. He was assisted by his attractive reporter sidekick Jessica Frances Gibbons, who went by the nickname Foggy. They covered the news in cities such as Hopeville, Circleville, and Capital City. However they did not only report the news, they also fought crime. In their adventures they encountered Yellow Perils such as Ling Ti, foreign spies, technologically-advanced thieves with armored cars, and also a hidden city in the Grand Canyon.