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* SecretKeeper: Ralph's secretary, Peggy, becomes this in the first issue when ehe removes the Black Spider's mask.
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* StarterVillain: Sol Risko, a crime boss who masterminded a scheme to have the evidence needed to convict him stolen from the DA. His scheme fails, and he's arrested by the end of the issue.
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'''''The Black Spider''''' is a {{Superhero}} comic from UsefulNots/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, published by Ace in Super-Mystery Comics v1 #3-6 and v2 #1-6. It chronicles the adventures of District Attorney Ralph Nelson, who donned a CoatHatMask ensemble and trained spiders to take out criminals who snuck through the law's grasp.
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'''''The Black Spider''''' is a {{Superhero}} comic from UsefulNots/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, published by Ace in Super-Mystery Comics v1 #3-6 and v2 #1-6. It chronicles the adventures of District Attorney Ralph Nelson, who donned a CoatHatMask ensemble and trained spiders to take out criminals who snuck through the law's grasp.
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'''''The Black Spider''''' is a {{Superhero}} comic from UsefulNots/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, published by Ace in Super-Mystery Comics v1 #3-6 and v2 #1-6. It chronicles the adventures of District Attorney Ralph Nelson, who donned a CoatHatMask ensemble and trained spiders to take out criminals who snuck through the law's grasp.
Not to be confused with the minor ComicBook/{{Batman}} villains of the same name.
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!!This comic contains examples of:
* AcemProducts: ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #1 centres around some cars stolen from the Acme Motor Company.
* AmoralAttorney: The antagonist of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4 is one who bribed some jurors into voting on his side, then murdered them when they blackmailed him.
* AssholeVictim: Mr. De Quincy, the millionaire whose party was the first one robbed in ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3, is a {{Jerkass}} who threatens to ruin Nelson and Stern's careers if they don't solve the case fast enough.
* AttackAnimal: Ralph has spiders trained to attack, which he uses in his guise as the Black Spider.
* BlackmailBackfire: Mike Ganns, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4, is on a mission to kill the jurors who are blackmailing him so they don't expose his bribery of them.
* BreakingOutTheBoss:
** The baddies of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 steal a literal smoking gun from Nelson's office, attempting to remove the one piece of evidence that would get their boss convicted.
** In ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #6, the henchmen of a crime boss pending execution kidnap the governor's wife to force him to stay the execution.
* ClarkKenting: Ralph has an interesting method of Clark Kenting by ''removing'' clothes: He wears a CoatHatMask ensemble, with the mask being a small DominoMask, along with his street clothes, and wears his costume's hat as his regular one half the time, but nobody notices.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Spider, aside from his name invoking darkness, wears dark clothing, uses notoriously-creepy {{attack animal}}s, and mentions preferring darkness over brightness. But he's still unambiguously heroic.
* DeathTrap: The villain of the second issue kills his victims by suffocating them in an airtight safe.
* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** [[spoiler:''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 has an interesting example, as the Big Bad is known to be mob boss Sol Risko the whole time, but he remains unsought due to being in a jail cell the whole issue, but The Heavy is in question. The scheme to steal the evidence against Risko seems to be masterminded by fellow criminal Harrigan, but it's revealed halfway through that he was hired by Risko's lieutenant, Pete Macklin.]]
** [[spoiler:''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #5 centers around an insurance murder ring initially led by Spike Bolger. However, the rest of the gang, led by a henchman named Benny, figure out that his idiosyncratic choice of dress gave his identity away, so they kill him and operate on their own.]]
* FakingTheDead: In ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6, the Black Spider fakes his death in an explosion to keep assassins from hindering his investigation.
* FrameUp:
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4 has the Black Spider investigating the framing of his friend and legal colleague for a murder committed by his partner to cover up some bribery he committed.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #1 has the Spider investigating the framing of a truck driver for some car thefts. One {{Mook|s}} he interrogates tries to frame him as the leader by taking advantage of an overzealous inspector.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #5 has a local mob boss frame Ralph Nelson himself for a hit he pulled.
* GoodIsNotSoft: The Black Spider is unambiguously on the side of good, but he's still not above holding guns [[AttackAnimal or spiders]] to heads to get what he wants.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #6 is Niles Rommo, a gangster trying to make the governor stay the execution of his boss Gimp Gollub. Gollub himself is never seen in the issue.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #4 spends the issue trying to kill the reporter whose photography sent him to prison.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Black Spider is considered a dangerous criminal by the local police, who see him as enough of a threat that they shoot to kill on default. {{Averted}} for his SecretIdentity, Ralph Nelson, who is a universally-respected district attorney.
* HomeBase: The Black Spider has "the Web," a secret cave where he stores his costume, files on the city's criminals and his pet spiders. Amusingly enough, for somebody who was [[FollowTheLeader pretty clearly inspired by]] ComicBook/{{Batman}}, this lair showed up [[OlderThanTheyThink three years before]] the Batcave.
* InspectorJavert: Inspector Stern, a major figure in the local police who's convinced that DA Ralph Nelson is weak for not letting him use PoliceBrutality and is quite certain that the Black Spider is a criminal mastermind.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The Black Spider is fond of threatening people he interrogates with his pet poisonous spiders. One time he even forced a murderer to enter his own DeathTrap at gunpoint to make him confess.
* JurisdictionFriction: ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6 has the Black Spider contending with a small-town sheriff who dislikes city cops and is obstructing his investigation of a mob lawyer's murder.
* MacGuffin:
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 has a stolen gun as this, due to it being needed to take out a major crime boss.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6 has a diamond buried when a crime ring was broken up, which the baddies are pursuing.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Scarface Scarmucci, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #5, is a pretty blatant stand-in for UsefulNotes/AlCapone, being a major crime boss nicknamed "Scarface."
* ProtagonistTitle
* SecretKeeper: Ralph's secretary, Peggy, becomes this in the first issue when ehe removes the Black Spider's mask.
* StarterVillain: Sol Risko, a crime boss who masterminded a scheme to have the evidence needed to convict him stolen from the DA. His scheme fails, and he's arrested by the end of the issue.
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:Ralph's secretary Peggy disguises herself as the Black Spider in the climax of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3.]]
* ThematicRoguesGallery: The Black Spider goes after organized crime that the police can't capture themselves.
* VehicularSabotage: The plot-starting murder in ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #2 was done by sabotaging a race car.
* VigilanteMan: Ralph Nelson is motivated to become the Black Spider by frustration with being unable to stop organized crime in his day job as the district attorney.
* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: The Boss, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3, quickly deduces that the Black Spider is Ralph Nelson, and attacks him in his own house. [[spoiler:Eventually he's convinced otherwise by Ralph coincidentally forgetting his costume in his car and Peggy's timely disguise as the Spider.]]
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Not to be confused with the minor ComicBook/{{Batman}} villains of the same name.
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!!This comic contains examples of:
* AcemProducts: ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #1 centres around some cars stolen from the Acme Motor Company.
* AmoralAttorney: The antagonist of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4 is one who bribed some jurors into voting on his side, then murdered them when they blackmailed him.
* AssholeVictim: Mr. De Quincy, the millionaire whose party was the first one robbed in ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3, is a {{Jerkass}} who threatens to ruin Nelson and Stern's careers if they don't solve the case fast enough.
* AttackAnimal: Ralph has spiders trained to attack, which he uses in his guise as the Black Spider.
* BlackmailBackfire: Mike Ganns, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4, is on a mission to kill the jurors who are blackmailing him so they don't expose his bribery of them.
* BreakingOutTheBoss:
** The baddies of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 steal a literal smoking gun from Nelson's office, attempting to remove the one piece of evidence that would get their boss convicted.
** In ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #6, the henchmen of a crime boss pending execution kidnap the governor's wife to force him to stay the execution.
* ClarkKenting: Ralph has an interesting method of Clark Kenting by ''removing'' clothes: He wears a CoatHatMask ensemble, with the mask being a small DominoMask, along with his street clothes, and wears his costume's hat as his regular one half the time, but nobody notices.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Spider, aside from his name invoking darkness, wears dark clothing, uses notoriously-creepy {{attack animal}}s, and mentions preferring darkness over brightness. But he's still unambiguously heroic.
* DeathTrap: The villain of the second issue kills his victims by suffocating them in an airtight safe.
* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** [[spoiler:''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 has an interesting example, as the Big Bad is known to be mob boss Sol Risko the whole time, but he remains unsought due to being in a jail cell the whole issue, but The Heavy is in question. The scheme to steal the evidence against Risko seems to be masterminded by fellow criminal Harrigan, but it's revealed halfway through that he was hired by Risko's lieutenant, Pete Macklin.]]
** [[spoiler:''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #5 centers around an insurance murder ring initially led by Spike Bolger. However, the rest of the gang, led by a henchman named Benny, figure out that his idiosyncratic choice of dress gave his identity away, so they kill him and operate on their own.]]
* FakingTheDead: In ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6, the Black Spider fakes his death in an explosion to keep assassins from hindering his investigation.
* FrameUp:
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #4 has the Black Spider investigating the framing of his friend and legal colleague for a murder committed by his partner to cover up some bribery he committed.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #1 has the Spider investigating the framing of a truck driver for some car thefts. One {{Mook|s}} he interrogates tries to frame him as the leader by taking advantage of an overzealous inspector.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #5 has a local mob boss frame Ralph Nelson himself for a hit he pulled.
* GoodIsNotSoft: The Black Spider is unambiguously on the side of good, but he's still not above holding guns [[AttackAnimal or spiders]] to heads to get what he wants.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #6 is Niles Rommo, a gangster trying to make the governor stay the execution of his boss Gimp Gollub. Gollub himself is never seen in the issue.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #4 spends the issue trying to kill the reporter whose photography sent him to prison.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Black Spider is considered a dangerous criminal by the local police, who see him as enough of a threat that they shoot to kill on default. {{Averted}} for his SecretIdentity, Ralph Nelson, who is a universally-respected district attorney.
* HomeBase: The Black Spider has "the Web," a secret cave where he stores his costume, files on the city's criminals and his pet spiders. Amusingly enough, for somebody who was [[FollowTheLeader pretty clearly inspired by]] ComicBook/{{Batman}}, this lair showed up [[OlderThanTheyThink three years before]] the Batcave.
* InspectorJavert: Inspector Stern, a major figure in the local police who's convinced that DA Ralph Nelson is weak for not letting him use PoliceBrutality and is quite certain that the Black Spider is a criminal mastermind.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The Black Spider is fond of threatening people he interrogates with his pet poisonous spiders. One time he even forced a murderer to enter his own DeathTrap at gunpoint to make him confess.
* JurisdictionFriction: ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6 has the Black Spider contending with a small-town sheriff who dislikes city cops and is obstructing his investigation of a mob lawyer's murder.
* MacGuffin:
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v1 #3 has a stolen gun as this, due to it being needed to take out a major crime boss.
** ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #6 has a diamond buried when a crime ring was broken up, which the baddies are pursuing.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Scarface Scarmucci, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #5, is a pretty blatant stand-in for UsefulNotes/AlCapone, being a major crime boss nicknamed "Scarface."
* ProtagonistTitle
* SecretKeeper: Ralph's secretary, Peggy, becomes this in the first issue when ehe removes the Black Spider's mask.
* StarterVillain: Sol Risko, a crime boss who masterminded a scheme to have the evidence needed to convict him stolen from the DA. His scheme fails, and he's arrested by the end of the issue.
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:Ralph's secretary Peggy disguises herself as the Black Spider in the climax of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3.]]
* ThematicRoguesGallery: The Black Spider goes after organized crime that the police can't capture themselves.
* VehicularSabotage: The plot-starting murder in ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #2 was done by sabotaging a race car.
* VigilanteMan: Ralph Nelson is motivated to become the Black Spider by frustration with being unable to stop organized crime in his day job as the district attorney.
* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: The Boss, BigBad of ''Super-Mystery Comics'' v2 #3, quickly deduces that the Black Spider is Ralph Nelson, and attacks him in his own house. [[spoiler:Eventually he's convinced otherwise by Ralph coincidentally forgetting his costume in his car and Peggy's timely disguise as the Spider.]]
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