| The Spider | |
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Real Name |
Unknown |
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First Appearance |
Into the Spider’s Jaws (in Detective Story Magazine, July 2, 1918) |
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Original Publisher |
Street & Smith |
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Created by |
Johnston McCulley |
Origin[]
John Warwick and the Spider's niece Silvia Rodney.
Injured and confined to a wheelchair as a young man, he used his considerable intelligence to operate an international crime ring from his office, "The Spider's Den" in his mansion on American Blvd. The Spider generally stole from those who had achieved their wealth through criminal or immoral means, and especially those who had wronged him. As a younger man, working as the head of a team of spies and thieves in Paris, he had been a more direct player in his own schemes. Now, he relies on others to carry out his plans. He is an enormous man with a sinister smile, who keeps his operatives separated all over the world like the strands of a web. One of his most loyal men is John Warwick who is in love with the Spider's innocent and unsuspecting niece, Silvia Rodney. Eventually, the Spider retired and decided to use his great wealth to help others.
Public Domain Appearances[]
- "The Spider's Den", Detective Story Magazine, April 16 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Sign", Detective Story Magazine, May 21 1918, short story
- "Into the Spider’s Jaws", Detective Story Magazine, July 2 1918, short story
- "The Shekel of Shame", Detective Story Magazine, July 23 1918, short story
- "The Turquoise Elephant", Detective Story Magazine, August 13 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Venom", Detective Story Magazine, September 10 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Debt", Detective Story Magazine, September 24 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Wrath", Detective Story Magazine, October 22 1918, short story
- "The House of Horror", Detective Story Magazine, November 12 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Command", Detective Story Magazine, December 17 1918, short story
- "The Spider's Strain", Detective Story Magazine, April 8 1919, novella
- "The Spider's Reward", Detective Story Magazine, April 29 1919, short story