First published in 1933, The Spider starred in 118 novels, had his own pulp magazine, and appeared in two motion picture serials. This edition contains two novels: Dictator of the Damned, in which New... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This is pretty typical Spider stuff. If you like him, you will like this. Page/Stockbridge delivers. Not the best/not the worst. If you want a taste of the Spider, this is typical Spider stuff.
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This voume features not one, but two complete adventures of THE SPIDER, from January and February, 1937."Dictator of the Damned" is not great SPIDER stuff -- it turns into a modified spy-thriller, and there's rather too much Commissioner Kirkpatrick for my taste. But "The Mill-Town Massacres" is first rate! Bad guys threaten to take over a small steel-mill town, and only THE SPIDER can stop them. The action never stops.Interestingly, the cover for this paperback comes from a totally different SPIDER adventure, "Dictator's Death-Merchants". It is a rarity in itself -- one of only three with THE SPIDER wearing his "hideous face" disguise.
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