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The Spider #58 Audiobook
The Emperor from Hell
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
“Your souls are mine — when I speak, you will obey!” From the bowels of the shaking earth itself rose the satanic ultimatum that threatened to send America’s greatest city up in flames! For the hordes of Hades, ruled by a devilish dictator, had turned New York into an Underground Kingdom of Crime, and helpless thousands died, strangling, when Hell’s emperor loosed his slaying devil-dust! Reeking of sulphur and brimstone, it floated over Manhattan, leaving death in its wake. Only one man — Richard Wentworth, as the Spider — could hope to battle this Mephistopheles of Murder — who had blasted a city and whose satanic laughter was the signal that loosed the kill-maddened Legions of Lucifer!
Meet the Spider—Master of Men! More just than the Law...more dangerous than the Underworld. Hated, wanted, feared by both! Alone and desperate, he wages a deadly, one-man war against the supercriminal whose long-planned crime-coup will snuff a thousand lives! Can the Spider prevent this slaughter of innocents? This was how the editors of the Spider magazine first introduced their avenging new hero.
These riveting stories ran the gamut of incendiary thrillers to ultra-violent showdowns. Manhattan is the backdrop for Wentworth’s apocalyptic adventures. A new skyline has arisen over the penthouses, nightclubs, and ghettos of the Big Apple. With the repeal of Prohibition, wealthy gangsters are in search for new rackets. And standing ready to stop them, the dreaded Spider.
Nick Santa Maria brings the action to vibrant life, narrating with a fever-pitch intensity. The Emperor from Hell originally published in The Spider magazine, July, 1938.
Chapter 1: Dust of Death
Chapter 2: Orders from Hell
Chapter 3: Kill the Spider!
Chapter 4: Horror Horde
Chapter 5: Dust Storm Death
Chapter 6: Gates of Hell
Chapter 7: Satan’s Own
Chapter 8: A Trap is Built
Chapter 9: Flight for Life
Chapter 10: Massacre
Chapter 11: Satan’s Warning
Chapter 12: Hell’s Own
Chapter 13: Death Below!
Chapter 14: Nita’s Sacrifice
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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