They killed for pay - those murderous minions of the gross crime king who was called the Man From Hell. And in their dread wake lay the innocent victims - of unpremeditated, motiveless murder. No New Yorker was safe from the fickle death that struck at men and women. It was slaughter with a capital "S" - and seven million people went mad with fear... The Spider and his beloved Nita plunged into this bitter, deadly conflict - and dedicated themselves to Death! During the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction, three publications ranked as the most popular: The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. The great pulp magazines of the 1930s and 40s produced a number of heroes, but none as action-oriented as the Spider. For almost exactly a decade, the Spider was the scourge of the Underworld, doling out his own particular brand of justice and imprinting his dreaded red Spider seal on the foreheads of those he has killed for the good of mankind. One of the things that sets the Spider apart from other heroes is magnitude; the villains commit acts of destruction on a grand scale, sinking whole ocean liners, toppling entire buildings, wiping out entire towns with germ warfare. The evil masterminds are in truth more terrorists than criminals. Nick Santa Maria takes on the dual persona of Richard Wentworth and his arachnid alter-ego for this nail-biting audio rendition of The Spider and the Man from Hell. Originally published in The Spider magazine, June, 1943. Chapter 1: Oh, Careless Death! Chapter 2: Satan's Speedway Chapter 3: Murder for Fun Chapter 4: Among the Dead Chapter 5: The Hour Strikes! Chapter 6: The Mounting Toll Chapter 7: False Laughter Chapter 8: Spider Trap Chapter 9: Death Laughs Chapter 10: One-Way Street Chapter 11: When You're Boss ... Chapter 12: The Challenge! Chapter 13: Hour of Peril Chapter 14: Fire and Murder Chapter 15: Slaughter in Sanctuary Chapter 16: The Spider Strikes Chapter 17: Boomerang Bargain Chapter 18: Death Watch Chapter 19: The Lethal Clue Chapter 20: The Invisible Death