The Spider - The Complete Pulp Story Guide
#6 / vol.2 no.2
March 1934

The Citadel of Hell

Author: Norvell Page

Plot: Red Mask and The Food Destroyers plot to wipe out the nation's food supply to drive up prices. First appearance of a separate Spider identity (aka hunchbacked violinist Tito Caliepi); First Spider-Kirkpatrick meeting; Origin of the Spider Ring; Spider Ring premium debut.

Cover by John Newton Howitt

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