Monday, October 1, 2012

THE SPIDER: Pulp to Paperback - The City Destroyer

1935

1975

7 comments:

Deka Black said...

I... i have no words about this. Again. I mean, after knowing the massacre done with these paperbacks editions i am... Well. Was daring to do it. maybe too daring.

Charles Gramlich said...

That second cover is just bizarre. Totally unlike the Spider I know. They were trying for a different market

Evan Lewis said...

Too true. They were trying to repackage him as The Executioner.

Randy Johnson said...

I own those rewritten books and read them one time. Never again.

Evan Lewis said...

Maybe they should be banned and trotted out only during Banned Books Week.

Anonymous said...

The Pocket Books editions were trying to appeal to fans of the Executioner and Destroyer, and/or Mike Hammer and Matt Helm. The Berkley paperbacks in 1969-70 were closer to the original pulp version (mask, hat, and cape). But then, some Doc Savage fans found Bantam's covers (crew cut and widow's peak) repulsive.

Bill Thom said...

Don't forget the cover of the UK edition.
http://tinyurl.com/94onpzu