The Spider #88 - Harbor of Nameless Dead
Just finished watching "The Spider #88 - Harbor of Nameless Dead" by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge, released by Radio Archives.
Now as frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook know, I always reveal when I have a connection to the book, movie, music CD, and/or audio drama that I am reviewing. I have written liner notes for some of Radio Archives' collections and while I never have met and/or talked with Nick Santa Maria, we are friends here on Facebook. I believe in fair and full disclosure.
The Spider is one of the most intriguing anti-heroes from the Golden Age of Pulp Magazines. To say that Richard Wentworth, a.k.a. The Spider, has "issues" would be akin to saying that Bruce Wayne is a normal guy. Wentworth is fiction's first popular anti-hero serial killer. While Raffles was also a popular fictional anti-hero, he was just a thief, pure and simple. The Spider kills for the good of humanity and sends warning to criminals by marking his kills with the vermilion seal of the Spider on their foreheads. Wentworth also displays behavior typical of someone who is suffering from manic depression and he most definitely has a savior complex and a team of disciples who willingly follow him into hell and back.
The Spider also has a gritty, realistic determination that has helped him endure during his initial 10-year-run in the pulps. Mom and Dad always enjoyed listening to each release of The Spider's adventures that Nick Santa Maria brought to thrilling life.
In "Harbor of Nameless Dead," Nick does his usual outstanding job of bringing the story to life. This time The Spider a.k.a. The Master of Men, is up against The Master - a super criminal who is terrorizing the nation with his murder emissaries. Wentworth, in his alter-ego, goes toe-to-toe with a vicious criminal who will stop at nothing, including the mass murder of thousands, in an attempt to loot the United States for plunder.
Highly Recommended!
Ten Stars!
https://www.radioarchives.com/The_Spi...
Now as frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook know, I always reveal when I have a connection to the book, movie, music CD, and/or audio drama that I am reviewing. I have written liner notes for some of Radio Archives' collections and while I never have met and/or talked with Nick Santa Maria, we are friends here on Facebook. I believe in fair and full disclosure.
The Spider is one of the most intriguing anti-heroes from the Golden Age of Pulp Magazines. To say that Richard Wentworth, a.k.a. The Spider, has "issues" would be akin to saying that Bruce Wayne is a normal guy. Wentworth is fiction's first popular anti-hero serial killer. While Raffles was also a popular fictional anti-hero, he was just a thief, pure and simple. The Spider kills for the good of humanity and sends warning to criminals by marking his kills with the vermilion seal of the Spider on their foreheads. Wentworth also displays behavior typical of someone who is suffering from manic depression and he most definitely has a savior complex and a team of disciples who willingly follow him into hell and back.
The Spider also has a gritty, realistic determination that has helped him endure during his initial 10-year-run in the pulps. Mom and Dad always enjoyed listening to each release of The Spider's adventures that Nick Santa Maria brought to thrilling life.
In "Harbor of Nameless Dead," Nick does his usual outstanding job of bringing the story to life. This time The Spider a.k.a. The Master of Men, is up against The Master - a super criminal who is terrorizing the nation with his murder emissaries. Wentworth, in his alter-ego, goes toe-to-toe with a vicious criminal who will stop at nothing, including the mass murder of thousands, in an attempt to loot the United States for plunder.
Highly Recommended!
Ten Stars!
https://www.radioarchives.com/The_Spi...
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