Blood Spider

Superherobox|

caption=
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Blood Spider
real_name=unrevealed
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Amazing Spider-Man" #367 (October, 1992)
creators=David Michilenie, Mark Bagley, Jerry Bingham
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=
partners=Red Skull Taskmaster Death Shield Jagged Bow
aliases=
powers=Superhuman strength,
Carries web-shooter

The Blood Spider is a fictional supervillain, owned by Marvel Comics, who exists in that company's Marvel Universe.

Publication history

He first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #367 (October 1992). The character was created by writer David Michelinie and artists Mark Bagley and Jerry Bingham.

Fictional character biography

Blood Spider is a mercenary trained by the Taskmaster. The Taskmaster is under contract by the Red Skull to create a team of mercenaries who would be capable of defeating Spider-Man. The trio were patterned after the superheroes: Captain America, Hawkeye, and Spider-Man. The characters were called: Death Shield, Jagged Bow, and Blood Spider.

Solo joined the fray on the side of the wall-crawler and helps to defeat the three villains and thwart the machinations of the Red Skull, who was using the mercenaries to guard private files sought by Spider-Man in reference to his parents.

Powers and abilities

Of the trio, the Blood Spider was the only character who displayed any superhuman abilities. He was able to shatter a solid concrete wall with a very powerful move, indicating he possessed some degree of superhuman strength. He was not as powerful as Spider-Man, and not nearly as fast.

He carried a back pack and wrist devices capable of shooting webbing similar to that of Spider-Man, but much weaker. An ordinary human in peak physical condition, such as Solo, was able to tear through it, which would not have been possible with Spider-Man's webbing.

Costume

The costume worn by Blood Spider has several design elements that Mark Bagley would later incorporate into his redesign of Spider-Man's costume during the Ben Reilly years. The most prominent of the traits is the use of a larger, symmetrical spider emblem on the front and back, the legs of which meet on the shoulders.

External links

* [http://marvel.com/universe/Blood_Spider Blood Spider on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki]
* [http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/himself/costume/copies/ Brief Descriptions of the Blood Spider and other Spider-Man knock-offs.]