The Plague of Sound: Volume 2

Second in a series of novels based on the original comic strip sequences. Thrill to: A spaceship captured in a magnetic field and pulled beneath the earth into an underground city. Flash Gordon jumps to safety only to be caught in the web of a giant man-eating spider, then saved by a titian-haired beauty.

Ron Goulart (b 1933)

Aka Kenneth Robeson, Frank S. Shawn, Joseph Silva, Con Steffanson

Ron Goulart is a professional author having worked over several decades and has over 180 books to his credit, including more than 50 science fiction novels and over 20 mysteries. He's received two Edgar Award nominations and is considered one of the country's leading authorities on comic books and comic strips, as shown in his 2000 book, Comic Book Culture. Ron lives with his wife, Frances, also a writer, in Connecticut.