The Spider

From October 1933 to December, 1943, in 118 episodes in total, six writers using the pen name of Grant Stockbridge, primarily Norvell Page, would keep America spellbound with the epic battles Richard Wentworth as the Spider waged each month.

The Spider strikes terror into the hearts of the most hardened criminals. He is proficient and unswerving, and deals swift justice, to those who prey upon the innocent. The Spider's trademark, stamped on the foreheads of those upon whom he has passed judgment, is a sinister warning to all denizens of the Underworld of his wraith--a hideous, blood red spider!

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Who Wrote The Spider Written By: Robert Sampson, Joel Frieman, and Robert Weinberg
Originally, when the first research was being done on the character pulps, Norvell Page was given credit for all of the novels that appeared in the Spider pulp under the name Grant Stockbridge, with the first two novels in the series being written by R.T.M. Scott. Page's identity as author was no major secret as it was listed in numerous writing digests and Henry Steeger had even written to several pulp fanzines mentioning Page as the Spider author.

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Prince of the Red Looters

Never before had any criminal dared give open challenge to The Spider! Never before had Richard Wentworth faced a foe who welcomed personal combat with the grim avenger whom all others feared... And while they fought--The Spider and The Fly--men and women were dying by the scores and a new and fearless criminal army was forming under the dark banner of that gentlemanly killer whose was "Kill The Spider--and the world is ours!"

Year: 1934     Genre: Hero Pulps

The City Destroyer

Richard Wentworth, working once openly with the police forces, cannot uncover the Master who foresees every trap and avoids all suspicion. Will the Spider, that strong champion of oppressed humanity, be able to exact a grim, just penalty from the ruthless City Destroyer?..

Year: 1935     Genre: Hero Pulps

The Flame Master

Richard Wentworth was playing the most dangerous game in the world--a man hunter outside the law; a righteous lone wolf avenger of the weak; a scourge of the evil, the wicked and the corrupt! Loathed by the organized armies of the underworld, hunted ruthlessly by the forces of the law, he was ever between two raking cross fires...

Year: 1935     Genre: Hero Pulps