When a weird meteor crashes
in the heart of Central Park on Halloween night, its uncanny light attracts the
attention of Richard Wentworth—alias The Spider! Investigating, the millionaire
criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making. Drawn, too, are
two sinister figures from the past—international master criminals who join
forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite. Alone, The Spider
confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time. For the unholy
power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another
government agent from the past, known only as G-8…. Together, this heroic trio
must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing
the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite. But how can they work together
when one of them is branded an outlaw?
The Spider: The Doom Legion
(Pulp Fiction)
By Will Murray
ISBN #978-1618273550
Price $24.95 (Paperback)
360 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Author Scores Another Hit”
A month after Machines-guns Over The White House, and
almost twenty years after WWI, Herr Stahlmaske and Count Carmine Calypsa show
up at a Halloween costume ball where Richard Wentworth and Nita Van Sloan are
in attendance. Stahlmaske is after his old helmet from WWI, while Calypsa wants
to kill Police Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick. Neither villain is aware of
each other yet. Before anything can happen a green radioactive meteorite
crashes into Central Park and starts turning people into zombies. Calypsa and
Stahlmaske join forces and use the terror caused by the zombies for their own
purposes.
Jimmy Christopher, Secret
Service Operator 5, is assigned to the case, while Diane Elliot covers the situation
for her paper. Z-7 is also present. Captain George Gate, better known as the
WWI Master Spy G-8, is assigned by G-2 out of Mitchell Field. Alas, poor G-8.
Twenty years after WWI he is still a captain in the Army Air Corps. I would
think he should be a general by now, or at least a colonel, but he remains a
lowly captain in G-2. Ronald Jackson and Ram Singh are also present, but this
story revolves around The Spider, Operator 5, and G-8, as they battle
Stahlmaske and Calypsa.
Typical of The Spider series,
New York is devastated with thousands killed as the zombies turn others into
the mindless dead. Buildings are burnt to the ground; police must kill police,
as they become walking dead men. In the meantime no one can get close to the
green meteorite without turning into a zombie, so it remains in Central Park
pulsing out its deadly rays. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of THE PHANTOM
DETECTIVE COMPANION
Hugh North remained a Captain of G-2 from 1930 until after WWII, so G-8 is not alone.
ReplyDeleteHugh North was an interesting series, lasting for over thirty years, in which he doesn't age but about ten years. He does reach the rank of colonel during those years, too. I've enjoyed all the North books I've read.
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