Wings of the Black Death

Wings of the Black Death  (1933)  by Norvell Page

The Spider Returns→

First printed in vol. 1, no. 3 of the The Spider, dated December 1933, a pulp magazine in the "Hero Pulp" subgenre starring the titular vigilante. This is the first of the series written by Norvell Page, who went on be the most prolific of the series' writers.

The Wings of the Black Death hovered over plague-stricken New York — and Richard Wentworth gambled life itself to save the city which cursed his name — fighting a desperate struggle against the vicious, twin attacks of the law and the underworld!

Contents

1. The Spider Returns
2. "Spider, You Must Die!"
3. Flight — and Challenge
4. "Shoot to Kill"
5. The Black Death
6. The Spider Unmasked
7. Through the Flames
8. The Plague Again
9. The Voice on the Wire
10. Great Apollo
11. Virginia's Clue
12. Wentworth Views the Plague
13. A Shot in the Dark
14. Wholesale Death
15. "Is That a Confession?"
16. Nita Cries Vengeance
17. The Cave of the Pigeons
18. Doom of The Plague
19. Kirkpatrick is Generous

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