Spider Audiobook # 22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld

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The Spider #22 Audiobook

Dragon Lord of the Underworld

by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria

In the heart of New York’s Chinatown, on his imperial throne, guarded by swordsmen and gunmen and a labyrinth of death traps, sat the Arch-Criminal of all time. Master of life and death, of disease, of horrible, crawling things — the Emperor of Vermin released destruction over city and nation. The Spider, Master of Men, champion of humanity, fought with every ounce of his cunning, against the monster who personified evil incarnate — while one faithful servant gave his life in this, the Spider’s most bitter, hopeless battle, and Nita herself was faced with a doom more ghastly than any criminal mind had conceived before!

For ten grim years, the Spider battled the underworld, imprinting his scarlet seal on the bodies of the criminals he slew. No one knew his name. His face was unknown. Pursued by the police, sought by the mob, the Master of Men crushed crime with a blazing intensity never witnessed before or since. Now he’s back with a vengeance in a new series of audiobooks retelling his pulp-pounding exploits.

Never before or since has there been a hero like the Spider. Driven, hunted, and violently committed to exterminating criminals of all calibers. A self-appointed savior of humanity, driven manic-depressive, and possibly undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, the Spider was known as the Master of Men.

“There’s a madness that gets in me when the Spider walks....” Wentworth once admitted.

The most compelling of the classic pulp heroes, Richard Wentworth had a fiancé, a coterie of equally committed aides, and a tense relationship with New York Police Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick, Wentworth’s best friend, but also a dedicated lawman sworn to send the Spider to the electric chair—no matter who he turns out to be.

Nick Santa Maria again takes on the dual role of Richard Wentworth, aka the Spider, Master of Men, for this powerful story. Dragon Lord of the Underworld originally published in The Spider magazine, July, 1935.

Chapter 1: Summons of Death

Chapter 2: The Death Cloud
Chapter 3: Ssu Hsi Tze Strikes!
Chapter 4: A Battle Won — and Lost
Chapter 5: The Spider Goes Calling
Chapter 6: A Bargain of Death
Chapter 7: Crawling Death
Chapter 8: The Spider Attacks
Chapter 9: The Spider Trap
Chapter 10: “Death to the Spider!”
Chapter 11: Nita Stands a Test
Chapter 12: The Spider Loses a Friend
Chapter 13: The Spider Closes In
Chapter 14: In the Mad Emperor’s Den

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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Pulse Pounding Spider Adventure!	May 28, 2022
Reviewer: Joseph Baneth Allen from Jacksonville, FL United States

In this outing of The Spider , Richard Wentworth is offered a rather tempting bargain by an arch-criminal who wants to bring the United States to its knees by unleashing a deadly horde of spiders, snakes, and other deadly insects and plagues. If The Spider agrees not to pursue him, then the Emperor of Vermin will leave the United States crime free after a five year reign. As a gesture of his good will, the Dragon Lord has Nita released after she had been captured by one of his men and has that man tortured to death in earshot of The Spider.
Though strongly tempted, Wentworth refuses the Dragon Lord's offer and a deadly match of wits begins - resulting in - SPOILER ALERT - the rather violent death of Professor Brownlee by minions of the Dragon Lord.
Nita is also badly tortured by a mobster's girlfriend seeking vengeance for her lover's death.
Not for the faint of heart.
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!
FIVE STARS!

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