Just 24 hours after announcing that it had licensed The Shadow from Conde Nast, Dynamite Entertainment announced the return of The Spider, another major Depression-era pulp hero who was know for the swath he cut through the criminal underworld with his brace of blazing 45-caliber automatics.  Created by Harry Steeger for Popular Publications in 1933, The Spider wore a black fedora and a black cape while wielding those twin 45s and driving a sleek black specially outfitted Daimler.  The Spider was Popular's answer to Street and Smith's hugely popular vigilante hero The Shadow, so it is fitting that these two crimefighter eventually find their way to the same comic book stable.

 

Dynamite has tapped novelist and comic book writer David Liss (Black Panther: Man Without Fear, The Ethical Assassin) to pen the new Spider comic book series with character designs and covers created by Alex Ross, who is taking the appearance of this archetypal pulp hero back to the original 1930s look. 

 

John Cassaday and other high profile artists will be creating additional covers, while Colton Worley will provide the interior art. More details about the launch of Dynamite’s The Spider comic book series will be available in the near future.








The Spider's alter ego was millionaire playboy Richard Wentworth--and Colton Worley's character design does an excellent job of capturing the essence of both sides of The Spider's identity.