THE SPIDER Scourge of the Scorpion Hardcover

Men called the Scorpion the "Deathless One." Rumored to be immortal, he controls the Order of the Purple Eyes, a slave army of criminals who emerge to wreak havoc on mankind during times of social upheaval. His goal: To take over New York City. But how can the Master of Men fight the Cult when his beloved Nita van Sloan has been turned against him while his chief aides lie stricken with incurable lockjaw –– victims of the lethal sting of the Scorpion? When a mysterious comatose patient is abducted from his hospital room, a baffling chain of events is triggered, one that brings millionaire criminologist Richard Wentworth into the case -- and into conflict with the Scorpion's old nemesis: The Skull Killer! Will the Deathless One succeed in erecting his barbaric City of the Scorpion upon the smoking ruins of modern Manhattan? Not if The Spider has any say in the struggle. This hardcover edition includes a complete 10,000 word story starring "The Red Finger," a masked counterspy who teams up with Operator 5 to tackle the Scorpion. Will Murray's special Afterword includes an illustrated backstory on the novel. Neither feature is in the softcover edition. Bonus 48 pages.