PULP FAN #8: FILM-ADAPTATION TRIBUTE IN PRODUCTION

As reported in May, Pulp Fan #8 will cater to cinematic adaptations of magazine crusaders, including Doc Savage, The Shadow and The Spider.

I'm supplying an article on the latter (aka Richard Wentworth) and his two movie serials, The Spider's Web and The Spider Returns. Emphasis will fall on the cliffhangers' writers, directors, stuntmen and actors, highlighting Warren Hull, who portrayed the two-fisted avenger. 

Hull had an exciting career, and it wasn't just The Spider he played. He also portrayed Mandrake the Magician and The Green Hornet, as well as starring in the Karloff chillers, Night Key and The Walking Dead. Not too shabby.

Jim Main shared Bob Sodaro's preliminary layout for #8. It looks quite spiffy, but anything these guys touch turns out exemplary.

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MAIN'S PULP FAN #8: SILVER-SCREEN HEROES/THE SPIDER SERIALS

Main Enterprises' Pulp Fan #8 will cater to cinematic adaptations of pulp heroes, and Mr. Main has assigned me to essay The Spider movie serials. 

The Spider, aka playboy Richard Wentworth (a master of disguise in both physicality and vocalization), was a competitor to The Shadow and The Phantom Detective on the pulp front and some claim an indirect precursor to Spider-man. 

The Spider was also the first pulp protagonist to reach film, with his initial cliffhanger premiering in 1938 (The Spider's Web) and the second in 1941 (The Spider Returns). In each instance, Wentworth/The Spider is portrayed by the suave and personable Warren Hull, who'd go on to play Mandrake, the Magician and The Green Hornet. 

I'm presently re-watching the chapter plays, in addition to researching each adaptation's background. 

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