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The Spider #116 Audiobook
The Criminal Horde
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
They formed a corporation of killers, those seven masters of crime whose plan was to loot a city and terrify its people into submission. It was a plan born in the twisted brain of a genius of evil — the Masked Man — whose ruthlessness conceived such a bloody and murderous plot that even the crime-toughened leaders of New York’s hardest gangs quailed and cringed in fear — and became the willing tools of the diabolical Master Leader... Go with Richard Wentworth as he recklessly gambles his own life to corner the Masked Man whose crimes are being wantonly committed in the name of the Spider himself!
By 1943, Richard Wentworth had been operating as the Spider for nearly ten harrowing years. He had been through everything a good pulp hero could expect to face. Malevolent master villains. Sinister Asian world conquerors, mad scientists. And of course since the Spider was a wanted criminal, endless police officials, uniformed cops, homicide detectives and other officers of the law had been pursuing him with single-minded fervor.
A mere mortal would have succumbed back in 1933. Not the indomitable Richard Wentworth. He thrived on conditions of continuous peril. Yes, he did put down his mask and guns a time or two, vowing never to become the Spider again. But the call to battle always made his blood sing, and inevitably the Master of Men returned to battle the underworld in another blazing exploit.
Nick Santa Maria once again brings the Spider to life in The Criminal Horde. Originally published in The Spider magazine, August, 1943.
Chapter 1: Spider at Bay
Chapter 2: Murder Mad
Chapter 3: Spider Trap
Chapter 4: Strange Cargo
Chapter 5: The Masked Man
Chapter 6: Death’s Rescue
Chapter 7: The ‘Spider’ Again
Chapter 8: Face-to-Face
Chapter 9: The Horde Srikes
Chapter 10: Murder Law
Chapter 11: Where Death Reigns
Chapter 12: In at the Kill!
Chapter 13: Block Buster
Chapter 14: Vertical Battle
Chapter 15: Sky High
Chapter 16: The Last Bomb!
Chapter 17: Hour of Doom
Chapter 18: To the Death!
Nick Santa Maria Nick was born early in life in Brooklyn, NY. His theatrical background is based in Comedy Improv. He was a long standing member of the late lamented Miami based, Mental Floss, where he served as head writer/composer. From there he began his career in commercials, voice-overs, TV, Film, and theatre. He has performed in many roles on the stage including his award winning turn as Nick in Over The River And Through The Woods, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee as Mr. Panch (3-D Theatricals), Mr. Bromhead in No Sex Please, We’re British at The Norris, and as Pseudolus in, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Norris Theatre. Television: The Buffalo Bill Show, B.J. Stryker, and two Disney Christmas Specials. Off Broadway: Writer/Composer/Performer on Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Soundtrack on RCA Victor. Broadway: Vince Fontaine in Tommy Tune’s production of Grease. He also appeared in every domestic company of Mel Brooks’ The Producers, understudying everyone from Nathan Lane and Jason Alexander, to Tony Danza and David Hassellhoff. He was the original Genie in Disney’s Aladdin, a Musical Spectacular, soundtrack on Disney Records. Nick is a resident of Los Angeles and is currently writing a book about classic film comedians, Nick’s been a long time film historian, and has written several articles on the topic.
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