Comic books in 'Books'

Volume 61 - 1st printing. "The Spider at Bay!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 62 - 1st printing. "Scourge of the Black Legions!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 63 - 1st printing. "The Withering Death!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 64 - 1st printing. "Claws of the Golden Dragon!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 65 - 1st printing. "The Song of Death!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 66 - 1st printing. "The Silver Death Rain!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge).Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 67 - 1st printing. "Blight of the Blazing Eye!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 68 - 1st printing. "King of the Fleshless Legion!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 69 - 1st printing. "Rule of the Monster Men!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 70 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Slaves of Hell!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 71 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Fire God!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 72 - 1st printing. "The Corpse Broker!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 73 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Eyeless Legion!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 74 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Faceless One!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 75 - 1st printing. "Satan's Murder Machines!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 76 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Pain Master!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 77 - 1st printing. "Hell's Sales Manager!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 78 - 1st printing. "Slaves of the Laughing Death!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 79 - 1st printing. "The Man from Hell!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 80 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the War Emperor!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 81 - 1st printing. "Judgment of the Damned!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 82 - 1st printing. "Dictator's Death Merchants!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 83 - 1st printing. "Pirates from Hell!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Volume 84 - 1st printing. "Master of the Night-Demons!" Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

Volume 85 - 1st printing. "The Council of Evil!" Written by Norvell Page (as Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. Painted cover by John Newton Howitt. 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! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Serpent of Destruction!" By Norvell Page (a.k.a. Grant Stockbridge). Art by John Fleming Gould. The Bloody Serpent challenges the Department of Justice to halt his control on the growing illegal narcotics rings - unless the Spider can remove those lethal fangs! Includes the complete text and original artwork from the April 1934 issue of The Spider magazine. Also, a thrilling "Doc Turner" Short story. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "The City Destroyer" By Novell Page. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Hordes of the Red Butch" Written by Norvell Pages. Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Volume 26 - 1st printing. "70th Anniversary Special!" Cover by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano. Includes a striking cover gallery and a selection of historic ads for early issues of The Spider Magazine, this commemorative volume features one of the all-time great Spider pulp novels, Death Reign of the Vampire King! Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Volume 31 - 1st printing. "The Cholera King!" The Spider searches for the hidden terrorist when New York City becomes a quarantine-area, forcing the populace to choose between death from slow thirst, or disease-ridden drink. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 36 - 1st printing. "The Coming of the Terror!" Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 37 - 1st printing. "The Devil's Death Dwarfs!" Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 38 - 1st printing. "The City of Dreadful Night!" Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 39 - 1st printing. "The Reign of the Snake Men!" Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 45 - 1st printing. "The Voyage of the Coffin Ship!" Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Volume 50 - 1st printing. "The Master of the Flaming Horde!" An arsonist's insidious weapon guts New York and pits the Spider against a scheme of foreign conquest. Reprinted from the November 1937 pulp magazine, complete with original illustrations, and a "Doc Turner" back-up story by Arthur Leo Zagat. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Volume 70 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Slaves of Hell!" By Norvell Page (a.k.a. Grant Stockbridge). The Spider must free an industrial town from a super-villain's green vapors, which bring death to human and animal alike. Cover by John Newton Howitt, interior illustrations by John Fleming Gould. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Citadel of Hell!" and "The Spider and the Sons of Satan!"

By Grant Stockbridge.

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster, the Spider wages war on evildoers in his first Sanctum edition!

Hunted by police and marauding arsonists, Richard Wentworth dons his terrifying Spider guise for the first time as he battles to save New York from starvation manipulated by Red Mask and the Food Destroyers, in Norvell Page's landmark novel that revealed the origin of the Spider ring!

Then, in a never-before-reprinted novel, a Prince of Evil collects tribute from the underworld for organized plundering. To end the reign of crime's new overlord, the Spider must subject himself to the Feast of the Scorpions, from which no one has ever escaped!

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Devil's Payment!" and "The Benevolent Order of Death!"

By Grant Stockbridge.

The Pulps' most murderous crimefighter continues his deadly war on criminal conspiracies in two violent thrillers by Norvell Page.

First, "The Devil's Paymaster" deals torturous radioactive death, and only the Spider can restore honor to the Statue of Liberty!

Then, Nita Van Sloan infiltrates the supposedly patriotic Benovolent Order of Americans, and a new Spider arises after Richard Wentworth is shot in the back!

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Return of the Rackets King!" and "Blood Bond!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by Rafael M. DeSoto.

The Pulps' most violent crimebuster wages his uncompromising war on crime in three never-reprinted thrillers by Norvell Page!

First, crime's newest overlord, the Snake, revives Prohibition Era gangsterism in "Return of the Rackets King."

Then, the Spider leaves his New York haunts to protect the nation's wartime resources when the vicious Flame King terrorizes a western oil town! Plus, "Blood Bond," a rare Spider novelette by Norvell Page!

Softcover, 144 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Wings of the Black Death!" and "When Satan Came to Town!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by Rafael M. DeSoto.

The pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in the first and last Spider novels by Norvell Page.

First, the Black Death secret society frames the Spider for a series of police murders and plots to depopulate Manhattan through the " Wings of the Black Death."

Then, the Conqueror's takeover of a big city is only the prelude to planned state, nation and world domination!

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The City Destroyer!" and "The Pain Emperor!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt.

The Pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in two action-packed 1935 thrillers by Norvell Page that foreshadowed a classic Spider-Man storyline.

First, ruthless racketeers destroy bridges and skyscrapers, slaughtering thousands of innocents! Can the Spider unmask "The City Destroyer" before more lives are sacrificed by this murderous maniac?

Then, thousands of women are hideously scarred by tainted cosmetics while American families are poisoned at their supper tables! Only Richard Wentworth can stop the deadly carnage and bring an end to the vicious plots of "The Pain Emperor."

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "City of Flaming Shadows!" and "King of the Fleshless Legion!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt.

The Pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster battles super-villains in two action-packed thrillers by Norvell Page.

First, the "Darkness" falls upon New York, turning the metropolis into a "City of Flaming Shadows." The Spider singlehandedly battles to save a populace praying for his destruction!

Then, the Spider is blamed for the crimes of a deadly double, while he struggles to save the city from an epidemic of poison death perpetrated by the "King of the Fleshless Legion."

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Flame Master!" and "Green Globes of Death!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt.

The pulp's most murderous crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in two violent thrillers by Norvell Page!

Recovering from life-threatening injuries, Richard Wentworth confronts the lightning-wielding Lion Man from Mars to end mass slaughter and save his beloved city from "The Flame Master!" Then, "Green Globes of Death" mark the return of the Spider's greatest nemesis, the Fly, and his murderous butchers!

This double novel pulp reprint showcases the original color covers by John Newton Howitt, John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations, and historical commentary by Will Murray.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $11.75

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "The Spider and the Faceless One!" and "Empire of Doom!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt and Rafael M. DeSoto.

The pulp era's most lethal crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in two violent thrillers by Norvell Page.

The White House itself hangs in the balance as Richard Wentworth attempts to prevent a power-mad dictator from turning our nation into an "Empire of Doom." Then, the city burns as The Spider seeks to unmask the mysterious Munro, a murderous master of disguise who could be anyone in "The Spider and the Faceless One."

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The mad Horde!" and "Slaves of the Laughing Death!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt and Rafael M. DeSoto.

The pulp era's most bloodthirsty avenger continues his deadly war against crime in two violent pulp novels by Norvell Page.

First, "The Mad Horde" of rabid creatures is unleashed upon mill towns to undermine America's vital steel industry.

Then, in "Slaves of the Laughing Death," the fiend of 1000 faces known only as Munro returns for a deadly rematch with the Spider, armed with a deadly weapon that causes victims to laugh until they die!

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "The Cholera King!" and "The Spider and the Deathless One!"

Written by Norvell W. Page. Art by John Fleming Gould. Cover by John Newton Howitt and Rafael M. DeSoto.

The pulp era's most murderous crimebuster continues his deadly war on crime in two violent pulp novels by Norvell Page.

First, an ambitious madman spreads deadly disease throughout New York City, while the police wage war upon the Spider, the only person who can save the city and bring "The Cholera King" to justice!

Then, determined to destroy the U.S. defense industry, the fiend of 1000 faces known as Munro returns for a final battle in "The Spider and the Deathless One."

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

1st printing.

Written by Will Murray. Cover by Gary Carbon.

The Spider teams upon with the Skull Killer to battle the Scorpion to the death. But whose death?

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 310 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

By Grant Stockbridge, Donald G. Cormack, Arthur Leo Zagat, and Norvell Page. Introduction by Will Murray

Originally slated to appear in The Spider Magazine in the 1940s, Slaughter, Incorporated was ultimately shelved when that magazine was cancelled. Never before published directly from author Donald G. Cormacks original manuscript, this edition has been faithfully reconstructed as an exact copy of the never-published February 1944 issue of The Spider Magazine, complete with vintage interior illustrations.

In addition, The Spider: Slaughter, Incorporated (Facsimile Edition) marks the first publication of the never-before-published lost Red Finger story, Red Finger and the Murder Trio, penned by Arthur Leo Zagat. Also including a story by longtime Spider author, Norvell Page.

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

1st printing.

Written by Will Murray. Art by Joe DeVito. Cover by Dave Smith.

Zombies walk on Halloween night! These are not ordinary trick-or-treaters, nor are they the undead of Haitian Voodoo magic. For these are radiation-spawned wretches whose only desire is to burn and destroy before being consumed by their inner fires. Not even The Spider, Master of Men, can thwart their mindless advance. Drawn to Central Park where the zombies are birthed are two heroic protectors of humanity, Operator 5 and G-8. Will they join in common cause with The Spider... or spurn him? Summoned, also, are two of the most dangerous supercriminals the world has ever known, seeking the strange secret of the Doom Legion!

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 350 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $29.95.