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Sent 1: `` The Octopus , '' a masked crime lord , is bent on crippling the nation with a wave of terror .
Sent 2: He starts with the transportation system and then moves onto industry .
Sent 3: He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains of industry .
Sent 4: Richard Wentworth , an amateur criminologist who is friendly with the police , is secretly `` The Spider , '' a masked vigilante equally determined to wipe the Octopus and his gang off the face of the earth .
Sent 5: Pleasant and smiling in civilian life , Wentworth is often ruthless as the Spider , slinging two guns against the public enemies who attack him .
Sent 6: Wentworth also masquerades as affable underworld lowlife Blinky McQuade .
Sent 7: Disguised as McQuade , Wentworth can infiltrate gangland at the hired-gun level and keep current on the gang's plans .
Sent 8: The only people who know Wentworth's other identities are his assistants Jackson and Ram Singh , his butler Jenkins , and his fianc e Nita .
Sent 9: The Octopus was a villain in a single issue pulp believed to have been written by Norvell Page who wrote most of The Spider pulp stories .
Sent 10: He is garbed completely in white and is only ever seen sitting in a chair .
Sent 11: Unlike the pulps , The Spider is garbed in a lightweight full length costume with web-like markings on it Which resemble Spiderman's costume .
Sent 12: The serial follows the standard formula of fights , shoot-outs , Wentworth's friends being kidnapped at various times and having to be rescued .
Sent 13: Each chapter ends with The Spider or his friends in deep trouble , often about to be killed , but the effect is spoiled by a trailer for the next episode Which shows them in full health and fighting the villains .