The Spider, Master of Men! #12: Reign of the Silver Terror By Grant Stockbridge

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A series designed to reprint all 119 novels at the current rate of 6 per year All include the original cover and interior illustrations Above the law sworn enemy of the underworld hated by both Whenever the police are hindered by the very laws they have sworn to uphold criminals tremble before the mysterious vigilante known as The Spider Whenever the underworld sends forth a new champion to terrify law abiding citizens The Spider renders swift justice through the courts of his trusted. The Spider, Master of Men! pdf reader 45 automatics In his civilian identity that of wealthy activist Richard Wentworth he relies upon a small fiercely devoted group in his war against injustice Nita Van Sloan Jackson Ram Singh To the police and Underworld alike he is a dangerous vigilante but to the innocent victims of crime he is a knight in black To his fans The Spider is the Number One crimefighter of the 1930s and the 1990s whose adventures always deliver action at break neck speed The Spider Master of Men 12 Reign of the Silver Terrorread SOMETIME in 1999 9781891729003 Volume twelve in this latest Spider series The Spider is Richard Wentworth a wealthy criminologist Backed up by his manservant Ram Singh his old war pal Jackson and his fianc Nita van Slone Wentworth takes on crime at the street level. The Spider, Master of Men! book The Spider has no scruples about killing The criminals who cross the Spider die and their foreheads are marked with a scarlet spider The Spider is wanted by the police and his friend Commissioner Kirkpatrick suspects Wentworth Hardly surprising as everyone seems to know the Spider s secret Proving it is another thing entirely Reign of the Silver Terror was originally published in September 1934 in the Spider Magazine. The Spider, Master of Men! kindle The United States begins to centralize the national gold reserves and the President takes the country off the gold standard The so called free coinage of silver becomes an issue before Congress The measure would mean the Government must purchase and coin silver enriching those who own silver mines The Senate is calling for a vote and anyone who stands against the free silver plan is being systematically forced to change their vote Blackmail kidnapping murder the villains are stopping at nothing to ensure the measure passes Congress. The Spider, Master of Men! book Wentworth is trying to get a wealthy man to join the fight against free silver but he refuses He will gain from the enforcement of free silver so he isn t going to try to stop the movement But is he the man behind the scheme or just greedy A great story based on a real issue the country had to face although it was around 1873 to 1890 in the real world the basic facts remain the same Page manages to make it interesting but let s just say the story hasn t aged so well. The Spider, Master of Men! pdfescape I give the book three stars Quoth the Raven 9781891729003 Fun pulp novel featuring the Spider This adventure takes the Spider out of New York City for a nice change of pace 9781891729003