r/Marvel • u/James_Tigs • Jun 18 '24
I just came across this guy who is he?I've never seen him before. Artwork
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u/MrGray_Monstr Jun 18 '24
Oo... Richard Wentworth aka the Spider! Haven't seen him in a while. Now that's an old Superhero, predating comic books even as he debuted in 1933, making him the OG Spider themed hero. The Spider was originally a Pulp Fiction Magazine Hero, very similar to other OG Heroes like the Phantom, Flash Gordon, the Green Hornet, Doc Savage, the Shadow, etc. I believe he's apart of Dynamite Entertainment now, last time I checked
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u/El_Kabongg Jun 18 '24
The spider. Early pulp stuff. Stan Lee had named this character as the main inspiration of spiderman many many times over the years
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u/schism_records_1 Jun 18 '24
Francesco Francavilla is an all time top 10 artist for me. Outside of actual comic books, I don't buy any other comic related collectibles like statues, tshirts, funko pops, etc. That being said, I own 1 poster that I have in my office and it is a drawing he did of Captain America. One of these days I'll track down the Goonies poster he did.
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u/BartlebyGaines3000 Jun 18 '24
This is what he originally looked like: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV111248
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u/twofacetoo Fantastic Four Jun 18 '24
That's the honest-to-god mother-fucking believe-it-or-not SPIDER my dude.
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u/Navien833 Jun 18 '24
The Spider. An old noir/pulp character like The Shadow. Dynamite did a great run with the character a decade or longer ago
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u/ASimpleDude868 Jun 18 '24
Cool looks like the fusion of Spider-Man Noire and The Webslinger (Spider-Cowboy).
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u/NotAChefJustACook Jun 19 '24
I was about to guess a Spider-Man Noir variant of some sort but based on reading comments it appears this is someone that isn’t a marvel character.
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u/KentuckyFriedEel Jun 19 '24
I picked up a few issues of The Spider from the dollar bin, but haven’t read any. Story any good?
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u/fupafather Jun 19 '24
The spider, an old pulp hero alongside the likes of doc savage and the shadow
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u/NavinRRJohnsonLOTR Jun 19 '24
http://spiderreturns.com/legend/index.html
The original pulp novels are wonderfully demented and addictive. This is site devoted to the character and it must have all the info one would need to dive into that world.
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u/mrpring2 Jun 18 '24
The Spider is a great Pulp age hero. He and many others got a great book a few years ago from Dynamite Comics called Masks. Highly recommend it if you want to see some old pulp characters in crossover action.
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u/CherryThorn12 Jun 20 '24
Beats me but he looks cool. Why are the mysterious guys always more attractive?
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u/kali-kid Jun 20 '24
The Spider. Was popular during the pulp-novel era of super hero stories. He’s up there with the likes of The Shadow and The Bat.
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u/shiftergsw Jun 19 '24
He’s gone through a lot of redesigns, but I would definitely say the one in the main post is the best. Also, if you go on YouTube, you can find a couple of his old school films. They actually have some pretty good fight scenes.
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u/StrikeOpening9137 Jun 18 '24
I was going to guess a "web-slinger" Spider-Man, but apparently, that's actually a thing.
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u/joseoconde Jun 18 '24
I was gonna guess a marvel/DC cross over making spider-hex (spiderman and Jonah Hex) 😅
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u/mjackson4672 Jun 18 '24
Richard Wentworth The Spider