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The Spider #101 Audiobook
Murder's Legionnaires
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
He was known only as the Devil and, because he inflicted hideous death merely by looking at his victims, no one ever lived to describe him! So great was his incredible cunning that he hid behind the authority of the Mayor, behind the honor of the Police Department — even behind the sinister cloak of the Spider — while his murder minions carried on!... The One Hundred and First novel featuring Richard Wentworth, gentleman, sportsman... and — the Spider!
Even though he was fiction’s most maniacal manhunter, there was a human side to the Spider.
When he met Nita Van Sloan, his life had already been pledged to the service of humanity for three years. So he had fought against the love he knew could never reached culmination in marriage. What man could marry, have a home and children, when death and disgrace hung hourly over his head? No, he could not permit Nita to face such a possibility.
Also, his best friend, Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick, pointedly informed him on one blunt occasion that he would send Richard Wentworth to the death house if positive proof that the wealthy criminologist was really the Spider ever came into his hands. Once, Kirkpatrick actually did. And Wentworth admired him for it.
Here lies the genius of Norvell W. Page’s Spider. Wentworth had a secret identity, but hardly anyone was fooled by it! The white-hot relationships between the cast of characters were mature. This while he battled supercriminals such as the Fly, Iron Man and the Bat-Man.
Nick Santa Maria reads Murder's Legionnaires with indescribable emotion. Originally published in The Spider magazine, February, 1942.
Chapter 1: Line-up Murder
Chapter 2: Devil Dance
Chapter 3: Framed
Chapter 4: Hostage to Hell
Chapter 5: Death Eyes
Chapter 6: The Devil’s Debate
Chapter 7: Hell’s Counter
Chapter 8: The Devil’s Cue
Chapter 9: Satan’s Brother
Chapter 10: Red Ruin
Chapter 11: Trail’s End
Chapter 12: Where Disaster Rules
Chapter 13: Hero
Chapter 14: The Devil Strikes
Chapter 15: The Devil’s Due
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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