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* IronWoobie: Through the series The Spider gets riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.
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* IronWoobie: Through the series The Spider gets riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.on.
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* IronWoobie: Through the series The Spider gets riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.on.
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* IronWoobie: Through the series he's The Spider gets riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.
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** Even better, the villain of the serial was called "the Octopus".
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** Even better, the villain of the serial was called "the Octopus".Octopus".
* IronWoobie: Through the series he's riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.
* IronWoobie: Through the series he's riddled with bullets, paralyzed, blinded, drugged, infected with rabies, framed, betrayed, disgraced, and comatose while fascists take over. All of this has an emotional effect on him, but he carries on.
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* HilariousInHindsight: For the Columbia movie serials adapting the Spider for the big screen, the character was given an outfit resembling more of a superhero - a spider web pattern design resembling that of a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain webslinger debuting in the 1960s]]. Creator/StanLee later openly admitted the Spider was one of the inspirations for Spider Man.
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* HilariousInHindsight: For the Columbia movie serials adapting the Spider for the big screen, the character was given an outfit resembling more of a superhero - a spider web pattern design resembling that of a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain webslinger debuting in the 1960s]]. Creator/StanLee later openly admitted the Spider was one of the inspirations for Spider Man.Man.
** Even better, the villain of the serial was called "the Octopus".
** Even better, the villain of the serial was called "the Octopus".
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* HilariousInHindsight: For the Columbia movie serials adapting the Spider for the big screen, the character was given an outfit resembling more of a superhero - a spider web pattern design resembling that of a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain webslinger debuting in the 1960s]]. This goes UpToEleven when Creator/StanLee later openly admitted the Spider was one of the inspirations for Spider Man.
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** The Lawgiver, real name [[spoiler:Joe Hilt]], is a self-righteous KnightTemplar and a [[spoiler:disillusioned former cop]] who decides to start [[CopKiller murdering New York's law enforcement]] for a chance to spite the Spider. Teaming up with the Fly, a [[ChaosIsEvil villainous anarchist]], the Lawgiver slaughters many of the city's cops before eventually resorting to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill collapsing a six-story building to murder a bar full of officers--and over 100 innocent civilians with him]]. The Lawgiver's master stroke is to kidnap the police commissioner, Kirkpatrick, before bombing the ensuing meet held by the city's police department and government to take out both the law enforcement and governance in one fell swing, planning to hand off New York to the Fly to turn it into a cesspool of chaos and rampant crime. The Lawgiver is a narcissist driven by spite, anger, and a craving to hurt Richard Wentworth, and proves to be little more than a pathetic, groveling snake once the cards are turned against him. Even in a world of terrorists, murderers, and more, the contemptuous [[spoiler:nobody of a detective]] still manages to become one of the most evil people to ever combat the Spider.
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** The Lawgiver, real name [[spoiler:Joe Hilt]], is a self-righteous KnightTemplar and a [[spoiler:disillusioned former cop]] who decides to start [[CopKiller murdering New York's law enforcement]] for a chance to spite the Spider. Teaming up with the Fly, a [[ChaosIsEvil villainous anarchist]], the Lawgiver slaughters many of the city's cops before eventually resorting to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill collapsing a six-story building to murder a bar full of officers--and over 100 innocent civilians with him]]. The Lawgiver's master stroke is to kidnap the police commissioner, Kirkpatrick, before bombing the ensuing meet held by the city's police department and government to take out both the law enforcement and governance in one fell swing, planning to hand off New York to the Fly to turn it into a cesspool of chaos and rampant crime. The Lawgiver is a narcissist driven by spite, anger, and a craving to hurt Richard Wentworth, and proves to be little more than a pathetic, groveling snake once the cards are turned against him. Even in a world of terrorists, murderers, and more, the contemptuous [[spoiler:nobody of a detective]] still manages to become one of the most evil people to ever combat the Spider.Spider.
* HilariousInHindsight: For the Columbia movie serials adapting the Spider for the big screen, the character was given an outfit resembling more of a superhero - a spider web pattern design resembling that of a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain webslinger debuting in the 1960s]]. This goes UpToEleven when Creator/StanLee openly admitted the Spider was one of the inspirations for Spider Man.
* HilariousInHindsight: For the Columbia movie serials adapting the Spider for the big screen, the character was given an outfit resembling more of a superhero - a spider web pattern design resembling that of a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain webslinger debuting in the 1960s]]. This goes UpToEleven when Creator/StanLee openly admitted the Spider was one of the inspirations for Spider Man.
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** [[ArcVillain Anput]] is an Egyptian terrorist who attacks New York City to strike terror among the populace. Stealing a toxin from Wentworth Industries and reformatting it into a [[DeadlyGas gas]] capable of [[ZombifyTheLiving turning people into zombies]], Anput starts indiscriminately bombing populated areas with the gas, converting many people—[[WouldHurtAChild children included]]--into mindless, shambling zombies that tear apart anything they come across. Anput tops herself by gassing Citi Field and reducing tens of thousands to the undead, and later attacks Richard's friend and love interest Nita for the sole purpose of hurting him. Although Anput espouses that she's out to purify the city of wrongdoers like the Spider himself, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist any and all pretense of good intentions quickly evaporates]] when Anput's true goal is revealed to be to gas Wall Street and make a solid profit out of the fallout, uncaring about the thousands she's poisoned as a mere distraction and the gigantic blow to the economy she plans on causing so long as [[{{Greed}} she can get rich from it]].
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** [[ArcVillain Anput]] is an Egyptian terrorist who attacks New York City to strike terror among the populace. Stealing a toxin from Wentworth Industries and reformatting it into a [[DeadlyGas gas]] capable of [[ZombifyTheLiving turning people into zombies]], zombies, Anput starts indiscriminately bombing populated areas with the gas, converting many people—[[WouldHurtAChild children included]]--into mindless, shambling zombies that tear apart anything they come across. Anput tops herself by gassing Citi Field and reducing tens of thousands to the undead, and later attacks Richard's friend and love interest Nita for the sole purpose of hurting him. Although Anput espouses that she's out to purify the city of wrongdoers like the Spider himself, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist any and all pretense of good intentions quickly evaporates]] when Anput's true goal is revealed to be to gas Wall Street and make a solid profit out of the fallout, uncaring about the thousands she's poisoned as a mere distraction and the gigantic blow to the economy she plans on causing so long as [[{{Greed}} she can get rich from it]].
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* CompleteMonster: Although many of Richard Wentworth's adversaries in the Creator/DynamiteComics revival written by David Liss lack anything resembling redeeming characteristics, many of them go above and beyond:
** [[ArcVillain Anput]] is an Egyptian terrorist who attacks New York City to strike terror among the populace. Stealing a toxin from Wentworth Industries and reformatting it into a [[DeadlyGas gas]] capable of [[ZombifyTheLiving turning people into zombies]], Anput starts indiscriminately bombing populated areas with the gas, converting many people—[[WouldHurtAChild children included]]--into mindless, shambling zombies that tear apart anything they come across. Anput tops herself by gassing Citi Field and reducing tens of thousands to the undead, and later attacks Richard's friend and love interest Nita for the sole purpose of hurting him. Although Anput espouses that she's out to purify the city of wrongdoers like the Spider himself, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist any and all pretense of good intentions quickly evaporates]] when Anput's true goal is revealed to be to gas Wall Street and make a solid profit out of the fallout, uncaring about the thousands she's poisoned as a mere distraction and the gigantic blow to the economy she plans on causing so long as [[{{Greed}} she can get rich from it]].
** Lazarus is a particularly depraved small-time criminal and one-shot rogue of the Spider with an especially disturbed MO. An unassuming, chubby man who lives in a small, underground apartment by day, Lazarus indulges in his compulsions by regularly purchasing tetrodotoxin and using it to poison the elderly multiple times a week, resulting in them being [[AndIMustScream paralyzed]] and BuriedAlive-- whereupon Lazarus [[{{Sadist}} masturbates]] to [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming their screams]] to be let out. Once he's cut off from his selection of usual victims, Lazarus poisons the police commissioner in vengeful frustration and decides to start targeting younger women to bury alive in his own apartment, noting with a special glee that his first victim has a husband and family and treating the whole affair as nothing more than a casual hobby of his.
** The Lawgiver, real name [[spoiler:Joe Hilt]], is a self-righteous KnightTemplar and a [[spoiler:disillusioned former cop]] who decides to start [[CopKiller murdering New York's law enforcement]] for a chance to spite the Spider. Teaming up with the Fly, a [[ChaosIsEvil villainous anarchist]], the Lawgiver slaughters many of the city's cops before eventually resorting to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill collapsing a six-story building to murder a bar full of officers--and over 100 innocent civilians with him]]. The Lawgiver's master stroke is to kidnap the police commissioner, Kirkpatrick, before bombing the ensuing meet held by the city's police department and government to take out both the law enforcement and governance in one fell swing, planning to hand off New York to the Fly to turn it into a cesspool of chaos and rampant crime. The Lawgiver is a narcissist driven by spite, anger, and a craving to hurt Richard Wentworth, and proves to be little more than a pathetic, groveling snake once the cards are turned against him. Even in a world of terrorists, murderers, and more, the contemptuous [[spoiler:nobody of a detective]] still manages to become one of the most evil people to ever combat the Spider.
** [[ArcVillain Anput]] is an Egyptian terrorist who attacks New York City to strike terror among the populace. Stealing a toxin from Wentworth Industries and reformatting it into a [[DeadlyGas gas]] capable of [[ZombifyTheLiving turning people into zombies]], Anput starts indiscriminately bombing populated areas with the gas, converting many people—[[WouldHurtAChild children included]]--into mindless, shambling zombies that tear apart anything they come across. Anput tops herself by gassing Citi Field and reducing tens of thousands to the undead, and later attacks Richard's friend and love interest Nita for the sole purpose of hurting him. Although Anput espouses that she's out to purify the city of wrongdoers like the Spider himself, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist any and all pretense of good intentions quickly evaporates]] when Anput's true goal is revealed to be to gas Wall Street and make a solid profit out of the fallout, uncaring about the thousands she's poisoned as a mere distraction and the gigantic blow to the economy she plans on causing so long as [[{{Greed}} she can get rich from it]].
** Lazarus is a particularly depraved small-time criminal and one-shot rogue of the Spider with an especially disturbed MO. An unassuming, chubby man who lives in a small, underground apartment by day, Lazarus indulges in his compulsions by regularly purchasing tetrodotoxin and using it to poison the elderly multiple times a week, resulting in them being [[AndIMustScream paralyzed]] and BuriedAlive-- whereupon Lazarus [[{{Sadist}} masturbates]] to [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming their screams]] to be let out. Once he's cut off from his selection of usual victims, Lazarus poisons the police commissioner in vengeful frustration and decides to start targeting younger women to bury alive in his own apartment, noting with a special glee that his first victim has a husband and family and treating the whole affair as nothing more than a casual hobby of his.
** The Lawgiver, real name [[spoiler:Joe Hilt]], is a self-righteous KnightTemplar and a [[spoiler:disillusioned former cop]] who decides to start [[CopKiller murdering New York's law enforcement]] for a chance to spite the Spider. Teaming up with the Fly, a [[ChaosIsEvil villainous anarchist]], the Lawgiver slaughters many of the city's cops before eventually resorting to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill collapsing a six-story building to murder a bar full of officers--and over 100 innocent civilians with him]]. The Lawgiver's master stroke is to kidnap the police commissioner, Kirkpatrick, before bombing the ensuing meet held by the city's police department and government to take out both the law enforcement and governance in one fell swing, planning to hand off New York to the Fly to turn it into a cesspool of chaos and rampant crime. The Lawgiver is a narcissist driven by spite, anger, and a craving to hurt Richard Wentworth, and proves to be little more than a pathetic, groveling snake once the cards are turned against him. Even in a world of terrorists, murderers, and more, the contemptuous [[spoiler:nobody of a detective]] still manages to become one of the most evil people to ever combat the Spider.
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* CompleteMonster: The villains in Spider stories tended to do things like destroy inhabited skyscrapers or mutilate hundreds of women ''just to say hello.''
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* CompleteMonster: The villains in Spider stories tended to do things like destroy inhabited skyscrapers or mutilate hundreds of women ''just to say hello.''
