They killed for pay — those murderous minions of the gross crime king who was called the Man From Hell. And in their dread wake lay the innocent victims — of unpremeditated, motiveless murder. No New Yorker was safe from the fickle death that struck at men and women. It was slaughter with a capital S — and seven million people went mad with fear... The Spider and his beloved Nita plunged into this bitter, deadly conflict — and dedicated themselves to Death!