#98 / vol.25 no.2
November 1941

Volunteer Corpse Brigade

Author: Norvell Page

Plot: The Spider teams with a recovering crime boss against Smiler Miordan who's mob throws eggs injected with a quick-acting leprosy; Commissioner Kirkpatrick marries Lona Deeping.

Note: Ingenue Jinnie Combes is based on real-life fan Virginia Combs, who wrote to many pulps (mostly science fiction) under the pen-name Nanek.