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THE SPIDER: THE SPIDER STRIKES, THE WHEEL OF DEATH, WINGS OF BLACK DEATH, CITY OF FLAMING SHADOWS.
[New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1969-1970]. Small octavo, four volumes' pictorial wrappers. First book editions. First paperback publications of the first four Spider novels from the pulp magazines. The first two are written by R.T.M. Scott with the character adapted from his Aurelius Smith detective novels. The third is the first to be written by Norvel Page and is the first use of the Grant Stockbridge pseudonym. These are the only four published by Berkley.
THE SPIDER: DEATH REIGN OF THE VAMPIRE KING, HORDES OF THE RED BUTCHER, THE CITY DESTROYER, and DEATH AND THE SPIDER.
New York: Pocket Books, [1975]. Small octavo, four volumes, cover illustrations by Robert A. Maguire, pictorial wrappers. First editions. Four volumes (all published by Pocket) of four Spider novels from the 1930s pulp. In this series the novels were re-edited and modernized. The title character is renamed simply, Spider.
THE SPIDER: MASTER OF MEN!
New York [and] Chicago: Dimedia, Inc., [1984]. Small octavo, three volumes, pictorial wrappers. First paperback editions. Eight volumes (all published by this publisher) of Spider novels from the 1930s and 40s pulp. All have two novels per volume, these are novels 14, 15, 17, 26, 30, 40, 41, 50, 52, 54, 75, 76, 78, 81, 92 & 113. Covers with the exception of one are from the pulp magazine.
THE SPIDER: SATAN'S DEATH BLAST, CORPSE CARGO and THE PRINCE OF EVIL.
New York [and] Chicago: Dimedia, Inc., [1984]. Small octavo, three volumes, cover illustrations by Ken Kelly and Frank Kelly Freas, pictorial wrappers. First mass market paperback editions. Three volumes (all published by this publisher) of Spider novels from the 1930s pulp. These are novels 9, 10 and 11 in the pulp sequence.