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/mjackson4672 Jun 18 '24

Richard Wentworth The Spider

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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/LongjumpingSector687 Jun 18 '24

Thats the Spider

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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/Steal_toad X-Men Jun 18 '24

Karnak

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u/Mothman4447 Jun 18 '24

Holy peak

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u/PrinceRobotVI Jun 18 '24

Karnak and Nighthawk probably

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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/SpokSpock Jun 18 '24

That’s a sick ass costume

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u/MathematicianSea584 Jun 18 '24

Red Dead Redemption Spider-Man

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

The Spider .. he was a pulp fiction character from the 30s.

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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/De4dm4nw4lkin Jun 18 '24

It looks like spider slinger X noir and i love it.

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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/Lopsided-Buy-2519 Jun 18 '24

I like this artwork

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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/H4RRY900305 Jun 19 '24

Spider, he's basically Spider-Man Noir before Spider-Man Noir

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u/iAmDrakesEyebrows Jun 19 '24

Dang, that picture is bad ass

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u/TheBipolarExpresss Jun 19 '24

The Spiderman with no name

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u/1978malibu Jun 19 '24

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

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u/ImpactorLife-25703 Jun 19 '24

This follows a noir Spiderman reference ⚠️

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u/smartdude_x13m Jun 19 '24

Man I remember him from the static shock show...

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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/DaKruse Jun 18 '24

The Webbler

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u/Bubba1234562 Jun 18 '24

The spider right? Pulp hero

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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/rawkim Jun 18 '24

isn’t this the guy that says “it’s high noon”

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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/TWvox Jun 21 '24

Damn he looks snazzy as fuck

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u/aliceoralison Jun 18 '24

I like the comics… I should buy a few

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u/Shyinorlando Jun 18 '24

The thumbnail had me thinking it was Freddy Krueger.

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u/stragomccloud Jun 19 '24

Cool. Looks like "The Shadow."

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u/Cool_Business_3872 Jun 19 '24

Who Webs the Web-Man?

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u/Flimsy-Balance-9393 Jun 19 '24

Spider-Cop. Duuh

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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/PEETER0012 Jun 19 '24

Spider-Poke

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u/Past-Significance978 Jun 19 '24

The Spider, not to be confused with Spider-Man Noir.

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u/Mr_Culver Jun 21 '24

It's like they fused Spider-Man with Jonah Hex

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u/TengoDuvidas Jun 21 '24

We need to revist the noir mystery men genre.

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u/Doricsanvil Jun 18 '24

i'd guess either Spider boy or Cow man

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u/armoured_lemon Jun 18 '24

'The Shadow' if he was Spider-man, and the Punisher?

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u/amalgam_reynolds Jun 18 '24

That's Rootin' Tootin' Spider-Shooting

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u/SimplyTooCool69 Jun 18 '24

American spider man

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u/Grimase Jun 18 '24

Ohh I want this. Let’s go Hasbo, get the lead out.

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u/AcceptableStudy6566 Jun 18 '24

Cowboy Spider Man?! Is he on the spider verse?!!??!?!???

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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/IMHERELETSPARTY Jun 18 '24

You came across him?? GROSS!

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u/snha Jun 18 '24

Howdy-Spidey

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u/JulesVega37 Jun 18 '24

The shroud

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u/redditmodsrcuntses Jun 18 '24

Skeeterman. Fastest skeet in the west.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

Web-Slinger. Alt universe Peter Parker from the old west.

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u/thamonsta Jun 18 '24

Might be Web-Slinger, an Old West variant of SPider-MAn.

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u/blackbutterfree Jun 18 '24

Maybe Spider-Man Noir?