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* [[Eagle Land]]: The very patriotic Spider definitely belongs to the type 1 variety.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Nita could fake this role when necessary, and several female villains took this route.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Years after the Spider hit the stands, a little company called [[Marvel Comics]] decided that it also wanted a [[Spider
** Actually, two years after a certain pulp hero named [[The Shadow]] hit the stands, Popular Publications decided it also needs a slouch-hatted millionaire crime-fighter.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: Like most pulps [[Fridge Logic]] can tear these stories to pieces. Witness the beginning of Corpse Cargo where the author cannot make up his mind about how light out it is. Said chapter also features a [[Critical Research Failure|silenced revolver]].
* [[Hero
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Rosa Sleen, the Cannibal Queen, from "Burning Lead for the Walking Dead".
* [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: Richard Wentworth felt he couldn't marry Nita as long as he was the Spider, since the underworld would then target her. (Made a bit silly by the many times Dick and Nita were menaced by criminals without the crooks having discovered the Spider connection. It didn't help that Wentworth was a notorious crimebuster in his own right.)
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