I had no idea who the Spider was until I saw this cover from a pulp magazine (I saved this picture because of the damsel in distress). It turns out the Spider was created in the wake of the popularity of The Shadow ("Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Men?").
Mild-mannered millionaire Richard Wentworth became the Spider in order to fight various bizarre threats and villains. The Spider is now considered one of the most popular heroes to emerge from the 1930s golden era of the pulps, next to The Shadow and Doc Savage.
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